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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Proposals at the OPAL Neutron Beam Facility (both cold- and thermal-neutron instruments) and National Deuteration Facility.<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">We have now had 6 months of reliable cold neutrons at OPAL since 18<sup>th</sup> July 2014, and we operate around 290 days per calendar year. A further 3 new instruments
are being offered in this round. </span></b></em><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><b><span style="color:black">Deadline 15 March 2014, for beam time between July and December 2014</span></b></em><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em>ANSTO is open</em><b> for proposals</b> for the following neutron-beam instruments and facilities:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Echidna/index.htm" title="http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/instruments/echidna"><span style="color:#0079C2">Echidna</span></a>
(high-resolution powder diffractometer) <br>
<a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Wombat/index.htm" title="http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/instruments/wombat"><span style="color:#0079C2">Wombat</span></a> (high-intensity powder diffractometer)
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<a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Koala/index.htm" title="http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/instruments/koala"><span style="color:#0079C2">Koala</span></a> (Laue diffractometer)<br>
<a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Kowari/index.htm" title="http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/instruments/kowari"><span style="color:#0079C2">Kowari</span></a> (strain scanner)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Platypus/index.htm">Platypus</a> (reflectometer)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Quokka/index.htm">Quokka</a> (pinhole small-angle-neutron scattering)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Taipan/index.htm" title="http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/instruments/taipan"><span style="color:#0079C2">Taipan</span></a>
(thermal 3-axis spectrometer)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Dingo/index.htm">Dingo</a> (neutron radiography/tomography/imaging)
<b><span style="color:red">NEW INSTRUMENT</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Pelican/index.htm">Pelican</a> (cold-neutron time-of-flight spectrometer)
<b><span style="color:red">NEW INSTRUMENT</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Kookaburra/index.htm">Kookaburra</a> (ultra-small-angle neutron scattering)
<b><span style="color:red">NEW INSTRUMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><br>
<a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/NationalDeuterationFacility/BiologicalLabs/index.htm" title="http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/molecular_deuteration/biological_deuteration_laboratories"><span style="color:#0079C2">Biological</span></a>
and <a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/NationalDeuterationFacility/ChemicalDeuterationLabs/index.htm" title="http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/molecular_deuteration/chemical_deuteration_laboratories">
<span style="color:#0079C2">Chemical</span></a> Deuteration (at the <a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/NationalDeuterationFacility/index.htm" title="http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/facilities_and_equipment/national_deuteration_facility">
<span style="color:#0079C2">National Deuteration Facility</span></a> - NDF)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b>Proposals should be submitted using our on-line system, <a href="https://neutron.ansto.gov.au/" title="https://neutron.ansto.gov.au/">
<span style="color:#0079C2">https://neutron.ansto.gov.au</span></a> <span style="color:black">
Deadline: 15 March 2014.</span> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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For single visit proposals for neutron instruments, select round “2014-2 Neutron”
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For 3 year program proposals for neutron instruments, select “2014-2 Neutron Program”
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For National Deuteration Facility proposals, select round<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span></strong>"2014-2 Deuteration” <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation<br>
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