Bragg Peaks October 2008
OPAL news
OPAL reactor is operating at 20 MW. Inventory of heavy water will be replaced during a shutdown in October/November; more…
Around the instruments
We obtained 4 operating licences for the diffractometers: Echidna, Koala, Kowari and Wombat; more…
- Quokka: first diffraction pattern; more…
- Platypus: first reflectivity data; more…
- Kowari: first pole figure; more…
- Wombat: running real-time experiments and commissioning of sample-environment apparatus; more…
- Koala: rapid assessment of very large crystals; more…
- Echidna: successful low-temperature experiments; more…
- Taipan: calibration and test of monochromator finalised; more…
Announcements
- Call for proposals for 5 instruments - Echidna, Koala, Kowari, Platypus and Wombat: deadline 15 October 2008; http://rainbow.nbi.ansto.gov.au/Bragg/proposal/index.jsp. more…
- Neutron Science Symposium 8-10 December 2008; more…
- Change of web address; more…
- First users at OPAL; more…
Faces
Newcomers: Kun Yan, Rachael Barnett, Thomas Saerbeck, Luis Abuel; more…
Retired: Margaret Elcombe, Dave Penny; more…
Contact us
Bragg Institute - User Office, Building 87
ANSTO
PMB 1, Menai, NSW 2234, Australia
T +61 2 9717 7232, F +61 2 9717 3606
E bragg-user-office@ansto.gov.au
www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute.html