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ANBUG Newsletter - 2007/1

ANBUG held a committee meeting on Thursday 15th May 2007. A few points arose that may be of general interest to Australian neutron users.

ANBUG Awards: ANBUG will be awarding two medals at AANSS2007.

1. ANBUG Award for outstanding research in neutron science and leadership promoting the Australian neutron scattering community
2. ANBUG Award for sustained contribution to a scientific subfield, or subfields, using neutron scattering techniques.

International Neutron Scattering Conference (ICNS2005) Profit: ANBUG will receive $75,000 of the profit made from the ICNS2005 that was held in Sydney in 2005. It was decided that the money be placed in a fixed term deposit with the interest derived from the fixed term deposit to be used to support the attendance of students and early career researchers at international conferences. The details of the including terms and conditions will be posted on the ANBUG website shortly.

ANBUG @ OPAL Opening: ANBUG represented the Australian neutron scattering community at the OPAL opening. An ANBUG fact-sheet was prepared for the opening and was well received by the participants and the Official and the Science & Business Openings. See the new ANSTO website for full details (http://www.ansto.gov.au/)

AINSE/ANBUG neutron scattering symposium (AANSS): The 2007 symposium will be held in the AINSE auditorium at Lucas Heights from 5-7 December. The symposium will be preceded by a Neutron Scattering Summer School on Diffraction with 'hands-on' experience using the neutron beam instruments at OPAL.

Proposed Asia-Pacific Neutron Scattering Association: It was proposed at ICNS that a Asia-Pacific Neutron Scattering Association be formed. Discussions have been continuing between the various Asia-Pacific neutron scattering societies regarding the proposed association. Some of the proposed activities of the association would include joint neutron scattering schools and conferences rotating between Australia, Korea and Japan. More information to follow…

NCRIS (National Collaborative Infrastructure Strategy) - Characterisation: The Minister for Education, Science and Training, The Hon Julie Bishop MP announced that the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) will receive $3.3 million to establish the National Deuteration Facility at its Lucas Heights site near Sydney. ANBUG has recently provided a submission relating to the NCRIS Characterisation Council which will assist in coordinating implementation of the characterisation investments.

OPAL Neutron Beam Instrument Update: Wombat and Echidna are well into hot commissioning and installation is progressing well on the remaining suite of instruments. ANSTO will be submitting requests for operating licences from ARPANSA for Wombat and Echidna shortly. ANSTO is also happy to report that the cold source is operating reliably.
For more news from the Bragg Institute please see: http://old-www.ansto.gov.au/ansto/bragg/bragg_peaks/braggpeaks_apr07.pdf

Up and Coming Events:

Kind regards,

Craig Buclkey, President ANBUG
Andrew Nelson, Secretary ANBUG