Around the instruments
The Bragg Institute and Reactor Operations celebrated having obtained the four operating licences for the diffractometers - Echidna, Koala, Kowari and Wombat. The picture shows the versatility of the scientists in high-temperature experimental preparations. We can also report that data taken on Echidna and Wombat resulted in one published paper, two more are submitted and a few are in preparation.
Platypus and Quokka are in hot commissioning, whereas Taipan will start its hot commissioning in October. We have also made great progress with our suite of sample-environment apparatus, much of which has now operated in the neutron beam.
We call for proposals on 5 instruments: Echidna, Koala, Kowari, Platypus and Wombat, with a deadline of October 15th, and for experiments to run in the first half of 2009, see page 3 for more details.