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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 a full year of reliable cold neutrons at OPAL since 18<sup>th</sup> July 2014, and we operate around 290 days per calendar year. 
</span></b></em><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><b><span style="color:black">Deadline 15 September 2014, for beam time between January and June 2015</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)
<br>
<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"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Dingo/index.htm">Dingo</a> (neutron radiography/tomography/imaging)
<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)
<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"><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: </span><span style="color:black">15 September 2015. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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For single visit proposals for neutron instruments, select round “201<span style="color:#1F497D">5-1</span> Neutron”
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For 3 year program proposals for neutron instruments, select “201<span style="color:#1F497D">5-1</span> Neutron Program”
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For National Deuteration Facility proposals, select round<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span></strong>"201<span style="color:#1F497D">5-1</span> Deuteration” <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
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Robert A. Robinson<br>
Head of the Bragg Institute, B87<br>
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation<br>
Locked Bag 2001<br>
Kirrawee DC<br>
NSW 2232<br>
Australia<br>
<br>
Tel:    +61 (2) 9717 9204<br>
FAX:    +61 (2) 9717 3606<br>
Mobile: 0417 017 503<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:robert.robinson@ansto.gov.au">robert.robinson@ansto.gov.au</a>
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<a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/index.htm">www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/index.htm</a>
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<a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/StaffProfiles/ROBINSON-ROBERT">www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/StaffProfiles/ROBINSON-ROBERT</a> 
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