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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"><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 2 full years of reliable cold neutrons at OPAL since 18<sup>th</sup> July 2014, and we operate around 300 days per calendar year.
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<p><em><b><span style="color:black">Deadline 15 September 2015, for beam time between January and June 2016</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"><span style="color:blue"><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">Echidna</a></span>
(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">Womba<span style="color:#0079C2">t</span></a> (high-intensity powder diffractometer)
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<span style="color:blue"><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">Koala</a></span> (Laue diffractometer)<br>
<span style="color:blue"><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">Kowari</a></span> (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"><span style="color:blue"><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">Taipan</a></span>
(thermal-neutron 3-axis spectrometer)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Sika/index.htm" title="http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/facilities/instruments/taipan">Sika</a></span>
(cold-neutron 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)
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<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)
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<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>
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<span style="color:blue"><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">Biological</a></span>
and <span style="color:blue"><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">Chemical</a></span>
Deuteration (at the <span style="color:blue"><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">National Deuteration
Facility</a></span> - NDF)<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/SAXS/index.htm">Small-angle X-ray scattering</a> and
<a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/X-rayReflectometer/index.htm">
X-ray reflectometry</a> (in conjunction with QUOKKA or PLATYPUS)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red">Note for Australian and New Zealand users: all access to our in-house X-ray machines is now through the OPAL Portal (</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue"><a href="https://neutron.ansto.gov.au/" title="https://neutron.ansto.gov.au/">https://neutron.ansto.gov.au</a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red">),
rather than via AINSE – the same access principles apply as before.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Magnetometer/index.htm">Physical Properties Measurement System</a> (only in collaborative mode with ANSTO staff)
–</span><span style="color:red"> new<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b>Proposals should be submitted using our on-line system, <span style="color:blue">
<a href="https://neutron.ansto.gov.au/" title="https://neutron.ansto.gov.au/">https://neutron.ansto.gov.au</a></span>
<span style="color:black">Deadline: 15 September 2015. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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For single visit proposals for neutron and X-ray instruments, select round “2016-1 Neutron”
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For 3-year program proposals for neutron instruments, select “2016-1 Neutron Program”
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For National Deuteration Facility proposals, select round<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span></strong>"2016-1 Deuteration” <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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