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ANBUG NewsANBUG Newsletter - 2006/318th August 2006There is a lot happening in the neutron science scene in Australia - from the onset of OPAL (the reactor achieved criticality on 12 August) and the outcome of NCRIS deliberations to the forthcoming AINSE-ANBUG Neutron Scattering Symposium in December. Below are a few of the main points discussed at the ANBUG Executive meeting of 10/08/06. Website - the ANBUG website www.anbug.org has been revised by Stewart Campbell and Jamie Schulz with changes implemented and updated by Jamie – please check our website regularly. AANSS2006 - Organisation of the AINSE-ANBUG Neutron Scattering Symposium (11-13 December 2006) is progressing well. ANBUG will contribute $1500 to the AANSS2006 Symposium to assist with student costs. These funds will be returned to ANBUG in the (expected) event that they are not spent by AANSS2006. Elections for the new ANBUG Committee (2007-2008) - will be held soon with the AGM to be held on 11 December during AANSS2006. Separate announcements will be made shortly. ANSTO User Program - There will be a gap in the availability of neutrons to the Australian scattering community between the shutdown in HIFAR (expected end December 2006) and the opening of OPAL to regular user proposals (beginning April 2007 for the initial instruments). Feedback suggests that the neutron community more or less accepts the need for this gap. ANBUG Representation on BIAG - At present the ANBUG president is a member of BIAG, the Beam Instrument Advisory Committee. With the advent of OPAL and the end of BIAG from February 2007, the ANBUG president will automatically be a member of the new ANSTO Proposal Advisory Committee (PAC). OPAL will begin accepting regular user proposals in the first half of 2007. As the name suggests, the PAC will be an advisory committee as well as carrying out editorial duties for proposals. NCRIS - ANBUG submitted a response to the Planning Update Document on Characterisation as prepared by the Facilitator Professor Simon Ringer. The response was generally in support of scenario 2 as outlined in the Document. NCRIS has announced its budgetary deliberations for Characterisation and ANBUG now has the opportunity to respond to these budgetary deliberations. ANBUG Awards - Stewart Campbell proposed the introduction of ANBUG Awards to Neutron Science, similar to those offered by other national neutron societies. The committee accepted the proposed award conditions which will be announced shortly to the community. The closing date for nominations will be 1 October 2006; the awards will be presented at AANSS2006 in December. Kind regards, Stewart Campbell, President ANBUG
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