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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:normal'>Dear Colleague,
</span></font></i></em></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></i></em></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal'>The Bragg
Institute </span></font></i></em><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>calls for
proposals</span></b> for the following neutron-beam instruments:</p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>ECHIDNA (high-resolution powder
diffractometer) </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>WOMBAT (high-intensity powder
diffractometer) </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>KOALA (Laue diffractometer)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>KOWARI (strain
scanner) </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>PLATYPUS (reflectometer).</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Proposals should be submitted using our on-line system
(choose round October 2008) <a
href="http://rainbow.nbi.ansto.gov.au/Bragg/proposal/index.jsp">http://rainbow.nbi.ansto.gov.au/Bragg/proposal/index.jsp</a>.
Deadline will be 15 October 2008.</span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The application is for beam-time requests and<i><span
style='font-style:italic'> does not automatically include travel or
accommodation support</span></i>. However, successful applications from
researchers from AINSE member institutions (<a
href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ainse/about_ainse/member_universities.html">http://www.ansto.gov.au/ainse/about_ainse/member_universities.html</a>)
will automatically be forwarded to AINSE for consideration of travel/accommodation
support. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>15 Oct. 2008 </span></font></i>
Deadline for proposals.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>Oct./Nov. 2008
</span></font></i>On-line
review of proposals by up to 5 expert reviewers.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>10-11 Dec. 2008</span></font></i>
Programme Advisory Committee assesses proposals.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt;text-indent:-108.0pt'><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>Jan. 2009</span></font></i>
Scheduling of first beam-time allocations - subject to reactor operation
schedule. Initial scheduling will likely be fairly “loose”, with
~50% of the beam time made available for the formal user programme. </p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
normal'> </span></font></i></em></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><em><b><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;font-style:normal'>Status of instruments 10 September 2008</span></font></i></b></em></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>Instrument</span></font></i></p>
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border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>Licence status</span></font></i></p>
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border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>Commissioning status</span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ECHIDNA</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(high-resolution
powder diffractometer)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="file:///D:\Bragg%20Peaks\www.ansto.gov.au\research\bragg_institute\facilities\instruments\echidna.html">www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/instruments/echidna.html</a></span></font></p>
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padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ARPANSA
licence received</span></font></p>
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none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>friendly-user experiments started</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>WOMBAT
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(high-intensity
powder diffractometer)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="file:///D:\Bragg%20Peaks\www.ansto.gov.au\research\bragg_institute\facilities\instruments\wombat.html">www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/instruments/wombat.html</a></span></font></p>
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padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ARPANSA
licence received</span></font></p>
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none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>friendly-user experiments started </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>KOALA</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(Laue
diffractometer)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="file:///D:\Bragg%20Peaks\www.ansto.gov.au\research\bragg_institute\facilities\instruments\koala.html">www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/instruments/koala.html</a></span></font></p>
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padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ARPANSA
licence received</span></font></p>
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none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Commissioning</span></font></p>
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border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>KOWARI
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(strain
scanner)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="file:///D:\Bragg%20Peaks\www.ansto.gov.au\research\bragg_institute\facilities\instruments\kowari.html">www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/instruments/kowari.html</a></span></font></p>
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none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ARPANSA
licence received</span></font></p>
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none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Commissioning</span></font></p>
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border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>PLATYPUS
(reflectometer)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="file:///D:\Bragg%20Peaks\www.ansto.gov.au\research\bragg_institute\facilities\instruments\platypus.html">www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/instruments/platypus.html</a></span></font></p>
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<td width=120 valign=top style='width:90.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name="OLE_LINK1"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Submission for ARPANSA licence in preparation</span></font></a></p>
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none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hot commissioning; experiments on free liquids, or
using polarised-neutron beams, will not yet be available in this proposal
round. If your neutron experiment needs complementing with X-rays please
request the X-ray reflectometer as part of your neutron proposal.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>QUOKKA</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(small-angle
neutron scattering instrument) <a
href="file:///D:\Bragg%20Peaks\www.ansto.gov.au\research\bragg_institute\facilities\instruments\quokka.html">www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/instruments/quokka.html</a>
</span></font></p>
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padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Submission
for ARPANSA licence in preparation</span></font></p>
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<td width=228 valign=top style='width:171.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hot
commissioning; while QUOKKA has taken its first pattern the data are
not yet fully analysed. We anticipate a joint proposal call for QUOKKA and
the National Deuteration Facility at the end of this year or the beginning of
next year. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>TAIPAN</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(thermal
three-axis spectrometer)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/instruments/taipan.html">http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/instruments/taipan.html</a>
</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hot commissioning starts in October 2008</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>An
overview of our sample-environment equipment is available on the web under <a
href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/sample_enviros/list_of_sample_environment.html">www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/sample_enviros/list_of_sample_environment.html</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>After the commissioning phase all instruments will
have friendly user experiments for 2-3 months before they will be officially
scheduled. Note that we have only limited time with the reactor running between
now and the beginning of next year; we will provide a more detailed update on reactor
and instruments in our next newsletter Bragg Peaks.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further
questions.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:normal'>Yours sincerely,</span></font></i></em></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:normal'> </span></font></i></em></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:normal'>Herma Buttner</span></font></i></em></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dr Herma Buttner</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>Scientific Coordinator Bragg Institute</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation</span></font></p>
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