Bragg Peaks July 2008
OPAL news
The reactor OPAL went critical again on 9th May following approval of the modified fuel design by ARPANSA. This seventh operation cycle came to an end on 28 June and the next reactor cycle is planned to begin on 7 July running for about 30 days. read more...
Around the instruments
The restart of our neutron instrumentation was dedicated to radiation surveys at different reactor power settings. read more...
- Echidna and Wombat: The two powder diffractometers have made their submissions for operating licences to ARPANSA. read more...
- Kowari: first weld scanned. read more...
- Koala: first image recorded on 19 June. read more...
- Quokka: testing of 1mby 1m area detector continues; components of the instrument's motorised sample aperture array arrived. read more...
- Platypus: first reflectivity profile measured. read more...
- Taipan: first shutter opening on 20 May; rocking curve of pyrolytic graphite monochromator measured. read more...
Announcements
- Commissioning of instruments: hopeful of getting operating licences for powder diffractometers soon in order to start friendly user experiments. read more...
- ANSTO-AINSE Neutron School on Materials 20-25 July 2008 read more...
Faces
Newcomer: Alice Klapproth; Dan Bartlett and Tony Lam back to Bragg Institute. read more...
Contact us
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T +61 2 9717 7232, F +61 2 9717 3606
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www.ansto.gov.au/bragg