Speaker
Description
ANSTO’s Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering (ACNS) currently operates 15 neutron beam instruments. Throughout its continued operation, development plans for the ACNS have evolved to meet the increasing user and capability demand. With insufficient space for neutron beam instruments, sample environment, laboratories, offices, as well as mechanical, electrical, and electronics workspaces, an expansion of the Neutron Guide Hall has been identified and is currently in planning stages. The extension will allow for new neutron guides to be installed, paving the way for additional neutron instruments.
Furthermore, a second guide hall is being scoped, with an intended location on the opposite side of the OPAL Reactor to that of the first guide hall. The second guide hall is anticipated to consist of new instruments that meet the needs of the regional scientific community which are not yet met by our existing instrument suite. This will necessitate significant modifications to the instruments immediately adjacent to the reactor face. One such option is the introduction of a new horizontal cold neutron source at the existing thermal guide 4 location.
Also presented are a selection of development projects currently in progress, including a new curved Helium-3 detector for the Wombat diffractometer, neutron optics for the Pelican time-of-flight spectrometer, and facility-wide upgrades to control systems for the safety interlocks and choppers.
Key Words
ANSTO, ACNS, expansion, development, updates, plans
| Other | Facility updates, plans |
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