Construction of the neutron beam facility at Australia's OPAL Research Reactor
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2005-11-27
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
The Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Abstract
Australia's new research reactor, OPAL, has been designed for high quality neutron beam science and radioisotope production. It has a capacity for eighteen neutron beam instruments to be located at the reactor face and in a neutron guide hall. The new neutron beam facility features a 20 litre liquid deuterium cold neutron source and supermirror neutron reflecting guides for intense cold and thermal neutron beams. Nine neutron beam instruments are under development, of which seven are scheduled for completion in early 2007. The project is approaching the hot-commissioning stage, where criticality will be demonstrated. Installation of the neutron beam transport system and neutron beam instruments in the neutron guide hall and at the reactor face is underway, and the path to completion of this project is relatively clear. The lecture will outline Australia's aspirations for neutron science at the OPAL reactor, and describe the neutron beam facility under construction. The status of this project and a forecast of the program to completion, including commissioning and commencement of routine operation in 2007 will also be discussed. This project is the culmination of almost a decade of effort. We now eagerly anticipate catapulting Australia's neutron beam science capability to meet the best in the world today. © The Author
Description
Physical copy held by ANSTO Library at DDC 539.7217/2
Keywords
Australia, ANSTO, Cold neutrons, Deuterium, Neutron beams, Neutron guides, Radioisotopes, Reactor commissioning, Research reactors
Citation
Kennedy, J. S. (2005). Construction of the neutron beam facility at Australia's OPAL Research Reactor. Paper presented at the Eighth International Conference on Neutron Scattering ICNS 2005: "Neutrons for structure and dynamics - a new era", Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia, 27 November-2 December 2005. In Final Programme and Abstract Book, (pp. 36).