| DATE: |
2012-09-28 16:00 - 17:00 |
| PLACE: |
MLF #1 meeting room / #1meeting room on 2nd floor in 4-go-kan |
| TITLE: |
IMSS seminar (12-22)New Facilities for Australian Research: The Australian Synchrotron and the OPAL Research Reactor |
| CONTACT: |
Hironori Nakao4868 |
| SPEAKER: |
Dr. Richard F. Garrett (Synchrotron Science at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO))) |
| LANGUAGE: |
English |
| ABSTRACT: |
The last 5 years have seen unprecedented new opportunities for Australian science with the opening of two world class major user facilities: the Australian Synchrotron and the OPAL research reactor. Both facilities opened in 2007 have been quickly embraced by the Australian and international research communities with both having well over two thousand registered users.
The Australian Synchrotron is a 3 GeV third generation photon science facility, located in Melbourne, Victoria. Its initial suite of nine beamlines include dedicated Protein Crystallography, EXAFS, powder diffraction, SAXS/WAXS, micro-beam Infra-red and soft X-ray spectroscopy beamlines. A high energy beamline dedicated to imaging and medical therapy is being commissioned. The OPAL research reactor is a 20 MW swimming pool design reactor with a very compact core delivering high neutron flux. It is located at ANSTO in Sydney, New South Wales, and is designed not only for neutron beam research, but also for radioisotope production and irradiation services. It currently operates 7 instruments on thermal and cold sources beams dedicated to powder diffraction, single crystal diffraction, residual stress and strain, SANS, reflectivity and triple axis inelastic scattering, with six additional instruments under construction.
The capabilities of these two facilities some research highlights will be presented.
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