Minutes of the 8th AONSA Executive Committee Meeting
Tenaga National Bhd Research and Development (TNBR), Kajang, Selangor,
Malaysia
May 22, 2012

Contents
Main Text of Minutes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
Appendix 1 Report from AONSA Office ---------------------------------------------------------- 14
Appendix 2 Duty Statements of the AONSA Board Members ---------------------------------- 15
Appendix 3 Annual Fee and Budget report -------------------------------------------------------- 17
Appendix 4 Current Status of AONSA Prize Fund ----------------------------------------------- 23
Appendix 5 Report for the AONSA Prize 2013 --------------------------------------------------- 27
Appendix 6 Report from the organizer of the 5th AONSA Neutron School 2012, China -- 31
Appendix 7 Report from the Organizing Committee of 1st AOCNS --------------------------- 36
Appendix 8 Report from the Organizer of ISW during 1st AOCNS ---------------------------- 43
Appendix 9 Possible Dates and Venue of the 2nd AOCNS in Australia ------------------------ 45
Appendix 10 Promotion of Neutron Science and Technology in non-member countries ---- 46
Appendix 11Directors’ Discussion on AONSA Visiting Fellows (1st Directors Meeting) --- 49
Appendix 12 Future AONSA-IAEA Collaborations in Asia-Oceania -------------------------- 50
Appendix 13 Report for the Three Presidents’ meeting during the 1st AOCNS -------------- 60
Appendix 14 NSSA invited President Y. Fujii to the ACNS in Washington DC -------------- 61
Appendix 15 President Y. Fujii’s communication with AOFSRR ------------------------------- 63
Appendix 16 Cooperation with AAPPS ------------------------------------------------------------- 68
Appendix 17 WiKi Neutron Project ----------------------------------------------------------------- 72
Appendix 18 Calendar of AONSA Activities ------------------------------------------------------ 76
Appendix 19 Reports from Neutron Associations ------------------------------------------------- 77
Appendix 20 Reports from Neutron Facilities ---------------------------------------------------- 123
Appendix 21 IAEA Collaboration Centers--------------------------------------------------------- 1461

(Photo taken after the 8th EC meeting)2The 8th AONSA Executive Committee Meeting
Date: 9:00-17:00, May 22 (Tuesday), 2012
Place: Tenaga National Bhd Research and Development (TNBR), Kajang, Selangor
Malaysia
Participants: 18[Board Members]
Yasuhiko Fujii (President, JSNS, CROSS)
Wen-Hsien Li (Vice-President, TWNSS, NCU)
Sung-Min Choi (Secretary, KNBUA, KAIST)Samrath Chaplot (Treasurer, NSSI, BARC)
Chris Ling (Public Relation Officer, ANBUG, U. Sydney)[Members]
Ki Bong Lee (KNBUA, POSTECH)
Toshiji Kanaya (JSNS, Kyoto U.)
Hideki Seto (JSNS, KEK)
Hsiung Chou (TWNSS, NSYSU)[Observers]
Mitsuhiro Shibayama (JRR3/Tokyo U)
Kye Hong Lee (HANARO/KAERI)
Robert Robinson (ANSTO)
Dongfeng Chen (CARR/CIAE)
Sutiarso (on the behalf of Gunawan, BATAN)
Abdul Aziz Mohamed (Malaysian Nuclear Agency)[Special Observer, for this EC Meeting]
Danas Ridikas (IAEA)
Supagorn Rugmai (SLRI, Thailand)
Edy Giri Rachman Putra (BATAN)

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1. Opening Remarks by President Yasuhiko Fujii
The meeting was started with opening remarks by President Yasuhiko Fujii. The great
efforts of Malaysian colleagues (Dr. Aziz and Dr. Faridah) for their excellent arrangementof the 8th AONSA EC meeting were highly appreciated by all the EC participants. Thiswas followed by self-introduction of all participants. The participation of Dr. Danas
Ridikas (IAEA) and Dr. Supagorn Rugmai (SLRI) were highly welcomed and appreciatedby the EC.
2. Approval of Agenda
The agenda of the 8th AONSA EC meeting was approved by the EC.
3. Report of the Minutes of the 7th AONSA EC Meeting in JapanThe minutes of the 7th AONSA EC meeting in Japan, which was approved by the EC
through email communications previously, were distributed to all the EC participants in
hard copies.
4. Reports of the AONSA Office.
Recent activities of the AONSA office were reported to the meeting, which include(Appendix 1)- AONSA Homepage updates by C. Ling (Public Relations Officer) and Junko
Akutsu (Secretary of AONSA Office)- Update of AONSA profile in the Yearbook of International Organizations, Union
of International Associations[Update of AONSA HP Design and Organization]: Public Relations Officer C. Ling
proposed an update of AONSA homepage design and structure, which was highly
welcomed by the EC. He will prepare a draft plan for this update and circulate it forcomments. President Y. Fujii will check with J. Akutsu about J-PARC network systemengineer’s involvement for this update (AONSA homepage is within J-PARC network).
5. Discussions and Decisions
5.1 Formal matters
5.1.1 Duty Statements of the AONSA Board Members
The duty statements of the AONSA Board Members prepared by President Y. Fujii
were reviewed and agreed by the EC with minor revision (Appendix 2). It was agreed
by the EC that this will be attached to the AONSA Articles as Annex.

45.2 Process matters
There were no issues to be discussed.
5.3 Financial matters5.3.1 Annual Fee and Budget report
The annual membership fee and budget plan including the support for the 5th AONSA
Neutron School in 2012 ($3,000) were reported by Treasurer S. Chaplot and approvedby the EC. (Appendix 3, removed in this minutes)
It is noted that the 2012 annual membership fee of KNBUA ($2,000) and NSSI ($2,000)
have been paid. (This was not included in the report due to timing of the payments)[Action] It was agreed that the budget report will have a summary for total income andexpense for each year.

5.3.2 AONSA Prize FundThe current status of AONSA Prize fund was reported by Treasurer S. Chaplot(Appendix 4, removed in this minutes). The new contributions from JSNS and NSRRC(TWNSS) to the AONSA Prize Fund were greatly appreciated by all the EC participants.
It was noted that the total income so far is $20,000 and the current balance is $9,512(including the ones ($3,000) which do not appear in the current report.) and JPY 141,468.
It was reminded that an open call for donation to the AONSA Prize is announced every
two years, although the donation can be made anytime. There was an institution which
would like to be reminded for the donation this year.

55.4 AONSA Prize
The schedule of AONSA Prize (2013) selection process and a proposal for the Selection
Committee members were reported by Vice-President W.-H. Li (Chair of the Selection
Committee) and approved by the EC (Appendix 5). It was noted that the members of theSelection Committee is well balanced with former (3) and new (2) members as well as
their scientific expertise (3 hard condensed matter and 2 soft matter). The great efforts ofVice-President W.-H. Li were highly appreciated by all the EC participants.
[Action] The AONSA Prize Award Ceremony and the winner’s Prize Lecture will bepresented during the ICNS 2013. Therefore, Vice-President W.-H. Li will contact theorganizers of ICNS 2013 for arrangements. It was pointed out that the arrangements for
AONSA Prize should be made in the same way as ENSA does for their Walter Halg Prize.
It was agreed that AONSA have a regional meeting during the ICNS 2013.
5.5 AONSA Neutron School
5.5.1 Report from the organizer of the 5th AONSA Neutron School 2012 in China
A report from the organizer of the 5th AONSA Neutron School 2012 in China waspresented by Dongfeng Chen (Appendix 6). The program of the school was discussed andrearranged based on experiences in previous schools. The great efforts of the organizers
were highly appreciated by all the EC participants.
Although hands-on experiments will not be available in the 5th AONSA Neutron School,
data analysis session will be prepared with data taken at other neutron facilities. Chris
Ling will discuss with Rob Robinson and Dongfeng Chen for possible use of ANSTO data.
It was agreed that the applications for the school will be made through contact persons foreach society or region. The contact persons are Presidents of societies, Abdul Aziz
Mohamed (for Malaysian community), Edy Giri Rachman Putra (for Indonesiancommunity) and Supagorn Rugmai (for Thailand community).
The 9th AONSA EC meeting will be held in conjunction with the School. There was acomment that the EC and the School do not have to be held together, if the EC may
become a constraint for the arrangement of School.

65.5.2 Host of the 6th AONSA Neutron School in 2013
It was agreed that the 6th AONSA Neutron School in 2013 will be held at J-PARC and
JRR-3. Considering the shutdown schedule of J-PARC (July - December, 2013), theSchool may be held between April and July, 2013.
Possibility of the 7th AONSA Neutron School in Indonesia (2014) was discussed. This
will be discussed further at the 9th EC Meeting in Beijing.
5.6 Asia-Oceania Conference on Neutron Scattering (AOCNS)
5.6.1 Report from the Organizing Committee of the 1st AOCNS in Japan
T. Kanaya, Chair of the 1st AOCNS, gave a summary of the 1st AOCNS including
sessions and related meetings, oral and poster presentations, registrations, and voluntary
donations of participants for AONSA, financial supports, full refund of AONSA
contribution, and settlement of account for the 1st AOCNS (Appendix 7). It was highly
appreciated that the settlement of account for the 1st AOCNS (total expense of 24,227,493
Yen and a positive balance of 154,546 Yen) was excellently prepared, which should bevery useful for future AOCNS. It was kindly offered by the organizers that the balance
will be shared between JSNS and AONSA.
The great efforts of Japanese colleagues (especially T. Kanaya) to make the 1st AOCNS
very successful were highly appreciated by all the EC participants.

5.6.2 Report from the Organizer of Instrument Scientists Workshop during 1st AOCNS
M. Shibayama, the organizer of the Instrument Scientist Workshop (ISW), gave asummary of the ISW (Appendix 8). The great efforts of M. Shibayama to make the 1st
ISW very successful (with 8 parallel sessions and total 162 participants) were highly
appreciated by all the EC participants.
It was pointed out that the next ISW (during AOCNS) should be a full day meeting toallow sufficient time for presentations and discussions.
5.6.3 Possible Dates and Venue of the 2nd AOCNS in Australia
Chris Ling (ANBUG) explained possible options for the dates and venue of the 2nd
AOCNS to hear the preference of the participants (Appendix 9).
- Date: June/July or November/December- Venue: Center of Sydney or slightly outside of the city center (Manly)
7For the 2nd AOCNS, July in Manly was preferred by the EC participants. This will bedelivered to the organizing committee of the 2nd AOCNS.
It was pointed out that since July is less popular for tour and Manly is slightly outside of
the city center, the cost may be lower than the other options. The organizers will consider
other major conferences in 2015 to avoid any conflict of schedule.
5.7 AONSA Newsletters
C. Ling (Public Relations Officer working as Editor of Newsletter) reported the
publication of AONSA Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 1 (April 20, 2012) and Vol. 3, No. 2(December 16, 2011).
C. Ling proposed that AONSA Newsletter may need a web-based format (email version)in addition to the current PDF format. This will be considered in the near future (possiblyin the next issue). His great effort to improve the AONSA Newsletter was highly
appreciated by all the EC participants.
5.8 Activities Related to SE Asia
President Y. Fujii gave a short presentation for the promotion of neutron science andtechnology in non-member countries with a review of neutron scattering societies and allneutron sources in the Asia-Oceania region (Appendix 10).
It was gladly noted that Thailand has a plan for a new research reactor (10 MW) andestablished a new nuclear research institute near Bangkok. The site of the research
reactor still needs to be decided. It was also noted that the research reactor in Philippines
is in an extended shutdown and its re-operation is rather uncertain at this point.
[Action] It was suggested and agreed to have a list of contact persons in non-member
countries (for AONSA activities), including Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Bangladesh
and Pakistan.
Danas Ridikas (IAEA) kindly agreed to help on this matter. Supargon Rugamai alsokindly agreed to inform AONSA a top-ranked contact person for TINT (Thailand Institu
te for Nuclear Technology).
5.9 Neutron Facility Directors’ Meeting
The 3rd Facility Directors’ meeting was held at the same venue as the present EC Me
8eting in the afternoon of May 21, 2012. Directors discussed the “AONSA Visiting
Fellows” which was proposed by AONSA EC previously (Appendix 11) and delivered
their opinions on this matter to the EC.
Facility directors are willing to collaborate for the AONSA Visiting Fellowship. However,they need a framework to make this happen and the framework should be provided by
AONSA.
It was suggested that
- AONSA prepares a list of candidates with preferred facilities (through application andselection process) and contributes financially as well (for example, travel expense).
- Hosting facilities support living cost of AONSA Visiting Fellows (as support for
visitors, not as salary due to administrative difficulties).
[Action] Rob Robinson kindly volunteered to prepare a draft for “AONSA Visiting
Fellows” from Directors’ point of view, which will be circulated among directors first
and then to the EC and the Board for comments and suggestions. This will be decided in
the 9th EC meeting in Beijing.
It was noted that, with IAEA fund, AONSA cannot involve in the selection process ofvisiting fellows because all IAEA fellowship or scientific visits should be submitted bymember governments.
5.10 Possible collaboration with IAEA, ICSU and IUCr
5.10.1 Collaboration with IAEA
A scoping document for the future AONSA-IAEA collaborations in Asia-Oceania region,
which was excellently prepared by Former President J.W. White, was reported to the EC(Appendix 12). This reviewed the AONSA activities over the last few years, whichstrongly support the needs and preparedness for AONSA-IAEA collaboration for the next
step of education, training and cooperation between neutron Associations and Facilities
in the region.
According to Danas Ridikas, IAEA TC program for neutron collaboration in the AsiaOceania region has been approved but without fund at this moment.
5.10.2 Collaboration with ICSU and IUCr
President of Y. Fujii reported his meeting with Prof. Nordin Hasan, Director of ICSURegional Office for Asia and Pacific, during NuSTEC 2012 and the letter from former
9President J.W. White to Prof. Hasan (sent on December 2, 2011).
According to Prof. Hasan, although AONSA cannot submit a proposal to ICSU directly
because AONSA is not a member Association of ICSU, AONSA can still submit a
proposal through IUCr (which is a member of ICSU) as a partner of IUCr. He is willingto help on this.
It was suggested that AONSA submit a proposal to ICSU through the NeutronCommission of IUCr. It was noted that the current members of IUCr Neutron Scattering
Commission from Asia-Oceania region are Yukio Noda and Garry McIyntyre. The spirit
and contents of this proposal would be similar to the one for IAEA.
It was suggested that AONSA member societies should nominate more members for
IUCr Commissions so that future AONSA-IUCr collaborations can be further strengthened.
[Action] Rob Robinson volunteered to prepare a draft ICSU proposal by using thescoping document for AONSA-IAEA collaboration (Appendix 12) as a reference.

5.11 Cooperation with NSSA and ENSA
5.11.1 AONSA-ENSA-NSSA Three Presidents’ Meeting
President Y. Fujii gave a report on the 2nd Three Presidents’ Meeting during the 1st
AOCNS (Appendix 13). This tri-polar cooperation would be an essential framework forthe circulation of ICNS. The schedules of three societies for major events should be put
into consideration each other so that any conflict of schedule can be avoided.
There will be the 3rd Three Presidents’ Meeting during the American Conference on
Neutron Scattering (ACNS, June 24-28, 2012) in Washington DC.
5.11.2 NSSA invited President Y. Fujii to the ACNS in Washington DC.
NSSA invited President Y. Fujii to the ACNS (June 24-28, 2012, Washington DC) as aplenary speaker (Appendix 14). He is scheduled to deliver a plenary talk on “The AsiaOceania Neutron Scattering Association (AONSA) aiming at Global Cooperation”.
5.12 Cooperation with AOFSRR
President Y. Fujii reported a summary of cooperation with AOFSRR (Appendix 15)
including synchrotron sources in the Asia-Oceania region, AOFSRR Workshop, and10

Cheiron Schools. The Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in
the Middle East (SESAME) Project was also briefed. It was noted that a synchrotron
source from BESSY (Germany) was transferred to Jordan, which was supported by
IAEA , UNESCO and IUPAP.
The organizer of AOFSRR Workshop (August 8-12, 2012, Bangkok) invited President Y.
Fujii to give a plenary talk regarding AONSA activities, which was gladly accepted.
5.13 Cooperation with Association of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS)
M. Arai (by email) delivered that AAPPS would like to have a good linkage withAONSA which would be beneficial for enhancing scientific activities in the region. As apossible way of cooperation, AONSA’s participation in the APPC (Asia-Pacific Physics
Conference) was suggested (Appendix 16).
It was agreed by the EC that AONSA will participate in the APPC. However, the format
or contents needs to be discussed further.
[Action] It was noted that the 12th APPC will be held in Makuhari, Chiba, Japan during
July 14-19, 2013. Since this is too close to the ICNS 2013 (July 7-11, 2013, UK), an
AONSA booth at the APPC would be a way of participation this time. However, the EC
recognized that an AONSA session proposed by M. Arai will be a good idea to jointly
promote neutron science in our region similarly to the NuSTEC 2012 linked to thepresent EC Meeting. This should be discussed among the organizers of APPC and thenbetween AONSA and APPC.
5.14 WiKi Neutron Project
Public Relations Officer C. Ling reported a summary of the WiKi Neutron Project
including its goals and current status. The goals are to make web-contents which arereadily accessible to the general public with the aim of advertising the role of neutronscience in daily life (Appendix 17). It was noted that, at this stage, it is not clear whether
there will be an active role for AONSA, since the project will be led by the professional
Public Relations departments of the facilities.

5.15 AONSA Supporting Letter for JRR-3
M. Shibayama proposed to write an AONSA Letter to the MEXT of Japanese
government to support the prompt re-start of JRR- 3 which is in shutdown after11

Fukushima accidents.
[Action] It was fully agreed by the EC that AONSA should write a strong supporting
letter signed by Vice-President W.-H. Li and co-signed by Presidents of AONSA member
societies. It was noted that this letter needs to be submitted within one month. M.
Shibayama will prepare a draft of the letter and circulate it to the ones to sign.
It was pointed out by Danas Ridikas that IAEA can help this issue with an external expert
review.
6. Calendar of AONSA Activities (Appendix 18)
It was agreed that the 9th EC meeting will be held on October 27, 2012 in Beijing.
7. Reports from Neutron Associations
Reports from neutron facilities were made as following. All the reports are included as
Appendix 19.
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ANBUG (C. Ling, briefed without a written report)
JSNS (T. Kanaya)
KNUBA (K.B. Lee)NSSI (S. Chaplot, briefed without a written report)
TWNSS (H. Chou)
CNSS (D. Chen)
Malaysian Community (Abdul Aziz Mohamed, briefed without a written report)
Indonesian Community (Edy Giri Rachman Putra)

18. Reports from Neutron Facilities
Reports from neutron facilities, which were not covered during the NuSTEC2012, were madeas following. All the reports are included as Appendix 20.
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BATAN (Sutiarso)
SLRI (Supargorn Rugmai)
IAEA Collaboration Centers (Danas Ridikas)

After the presentation by S. Rugmai, it was suggested by R. Robinson that AESAN may forma neutron/x-ray community together.

1219. Closing Remarks
The 8th EC meeting was ended with closing remarks by President Y. Fujii, acknowledging thegreat efforts of Malaysian colleagues (Dr. Aziz and Dr. Faridah) for nicely arranging the EC
meeting, and all the EC participants for making this meeting very fruitful and successful.

13Appendix 1
Report from AONSA Office
1. AONSA Homepage has been updated- New President’s message- The 2nd AOCNS in Sydney 2015
- SAS 2012 in Sydney, Australia (linked to conference homepage)- ICNS 2013 in Edinburgh, UK (linked to conference homepage)- AONSA Newsletter Vol.4 No.1 (published on April 20, 2012)- AONSA Activities Presentation File (PDF version)- Others
2. Profile of AONSA has been updated in the Yearbook of International Organizations,
Union of International Associations

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Appendix 2
Duty Statements of the AONSA Board Members
Approved by the 8th AONSA EC(Blue colored: Items/issues in President Y. Fujii’s mind.
This part will not be included in the Annex of the Articles although it will remain in thisMinutes as records.)
1. Duties of the President
The President shall preside at all meetings of the Executive Committee and the Board. The
President shall make public statements on behalf of the Executive Committee and shallrepresent the Association externally. The President shall perform such other duties as the
Executive Committee or the Board may assign. (International Relations with ICSU, IAEA,
IUCr, IUPAP, AAPPS) The President shall deliver an address at the AONSA Web site and theNewsletter in the year of presidential service.
2. Duties of the Vice President
The Vice President shall act in place of the President if the latter is unable to perform his or
her duties. The Vice President shall chair the Selection Committee for the AONSA Prizeand shall be responsible for related business of the Prize. The Vice President shall perform
such other duties as the Executive Committee or the Board may assign. (International
Relations with ENSA, NSSA, AOFSRR)
3. Duties of the Secretary
The Secretary shall serve as the principal administrator of the Association. The Secretaryshall maintain the records of the Association, including minutes of the Executive Committee
and the Board meetings, Association activities and membership lists. The Secretary shall be
responsible for the arrangement of the meetings of the Executive Committee and the Boardand shall oversee the arrangements of meetings pertinent to business of the Association.
(AOCNS, Neutron School, Facility Directors Meeting) The Secretary shall perform suchother duties as the Executive Committee or the Board may assign.
4. Duties of the Treasurer
The Treasurer shall be responsible for the conduct of the financial affairs of the Associationand shall oversee the financial affairs of the business of the Association. (AOCNS, AONSAPrize, Neutron School, Facility Directors Meeting) The Treasurer shall provide regular
reports to the Executive Committee and the Board on the financial status of the Association.
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The Treasurer shall perform such other duties as the Executive Committee or the Board may
assign.
5. Duties of the Public Relations Officer
The Public Relations Officer shall have editorial and operational responsibility for the
AONSA Web and Newsletter. The Public Relations Officer shall implement business
relating to outreach activities of the Association. (Neutron WiKi) The Public Relations
Officer shall perform such other duties as the Executive Committee or the Boards may assign.
6. Duties of the Past-President and the Past-Secretary
The Past-President and the Past-Secretary shall advice the Board for the first one year
immediately after their retirement. The Past-President and the Past-Secretary shall perform
such other duties as the Executive Committee or the Board may assign. (International
Relations with ICSU, IAEA)

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Appendix 5
Report for the AONSA Prize 2013
From: 李文獻 [mailto:whli@phy.ncu.edu.tw]
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 6:14 PM
To: Y. Fujii@CROSS-Tokai
Cc: Sung-Min Choi; chaplot@barc.gov.in; Chris Ling; John White; Junko Akutsu
Subject: Re: The previous documents of the Selection Comm. for AONSA Prize 2011
Dear Yasuhiko and Board members:
Attached is the Working Timeline of the 2013 AONSA Prize. It appears that we shall finish
the selection this year, since(1) AONSA Prize Ceremony shall hold in July 8~12 during ICNS 2013.
(2) According to AONSA Rules, SC shall submit the Results to EC 5 months prior to theprize ceremony.
(3) Our EC meeting usually holds around May and October each year.
(4) To meet the Rules, SC must submit the Results to EC in Oct. 2012, unless we do hold
another EC meeting in early 2013. This I believe is very unlikely.
Please comments on the timeline that I proposed. I expect that the Board can reach a final
version in 2 weeks, so that I (or Sung-Min) can email to all EC members for approval. We
need to trigger the Search for SC members.
Wishes,Wen-Hsien27

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Working timeline and current status of 2013 AONSA Prize
By Wen-Hsien Li
Date

OccasionWork

Remarks

StatusMarch 28,
2012
April 11,2012

E-mailPropose the working
timeline to the Board
Board approval oftimelineCommunication with Board
members
1. President Fujii suggests not todelay the publication of
AONSA NewsLetter for theannouncement of
nominations.
2. Board has no objection on thesuggestion.

Done

April 16,

E-mailPropose the working

Communication with EC

Donetimeline to the EC

members

E-mail2012

DoneApril 30,2012

E-mailEC approval oftimeline

Done

May 7,
2012

E-mail

Search for Selection
Committee (SC)Asking nomination from theMember Societies

Done

May 16,2012

E-mailNomination of
Selection Committee

Nomination received from
1. ANBUG nominates Prof.
Brendan Kennedy (May 09)
2. NSSI nominates Dr. R.
Mukhopadhyay (May 10)
3. KNBUA nominates Prof.
Mahn-Won Kim (May 10)
4. JSNS nominates Prof.
Hideki Seto from KEK (May

Done

15)
May 22,2012EC
meeting,
Malaysia

1. Propose the list of
SC to EC members
2. Formation of SC
by EC

May 28,2012

AONSA Announcement of
web page nominations& e-mail
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1.
2.
3.
4.

Chair Wen-Hsien Li (NCU)
Prof. Brendan Kennedy (SU)Dr. R. Mukhopadhyay
Prof. Mahn-Won Kim(KAIST)
5. Prof. Hideki Seto (KEK)In
progressJuly 31,2012

Nominations closed

August & E-mailSeptember and/or, 2012
face-toface

SC meetings

October 2,
2012

Recommendation
reached by SC

Will be documented through theselection process

Oct. 2012EC
meeting

1. Submit the
1. According to AONSA Rules,
name(s) of
SC shall submit the Results torecipient(s) with a
EC 5 months prior to the prize
report of
ceremony.
nomination process 2. Our EC meeting usually holds
to EC.
around May and October.
2. EC approval
3. To meet the Rules, the SC
must submit the Results to EC
in Oct. 2012 unless we dohold an EC meeting again inearly 2013.

Within 3
weeks
after EC
approval

President
Y. Fujii

Notice andcongratulation to thePrize Winner(s)July 8~12, ICNS
2013
2013,
Edinburgh, UK

AONSA Prize
Ceremony30

Appendix 6
Report from the organizer of the 5th AONSA Neutron School 2012, China
2012-5-20
Dongfeng CHEN

1. Dates and Place
Dates: Oct. 23 (Tue), 2012 –Oct. 28 (Sun), 2012
Place: Peking University（PKU）and China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE)

2. Organizer
CIAE, PKU, CSNS, AONSA, IAEA, CCAST, NSFC

3. Accommodation
Zhongguanyuan Global Village, Peking University

4. Dining
Zhongguanyuan Global Village, Peking University

5. (a) International Advisory Board
ANBUG : The Australian Neutron Beam Users GroupRob Robinson (ANSTO)
Chris Ling（The University of Sydney）
JSNS : The Japanese Society for Neutron sciecne
Yasuhiko Fujii (CROSS)
Masa Arai (JPARC)
Mitsuhiro Shibayama (Tokyo UNIVERSITY)
Hideki Seto (KEK)Toshiji Kanaya (Kyoto University)
KNBUA: The Korean Neutron Beam Users Association
Kye Hong Lee (KAERI)
Sung-Min Choi (KAIST)Ki Bong Lee (POSTECH)INSS: The Indian Neutron Scattering Society
Samrath L. Chaplot (BARC)TWNSS: The Taiwan Neutron Science Society
Wen-Hsien Li (NCU)
Hsiung Chou (NSYU)
CNSS: The Chinese Neutron Scattering Society
Dingsheng Wang (IOP of CAS)
Hesheng Chen (IHEP of CAS)
Jianhua LIN (Peking University)31

(b ) Executive Committee
Dongfeng Chen (CIAE), Kai Wu (PKU), Yuanbo Chen (IHEP),
Fangwei Wang (IOP), Yuntao Liu (CIAE), Yingxia Wang (PKU),
Songbai Han (CIAE), Shaoying Zhang (IOP), and Tianfu Li (CIAE)(c) Students
20 foreign students from the member societies and 20 local Chinese students

6. Programa. Lectures: material (science oriented)
General Introduction
Neutron sources and instrumentation
Neutron optics/polarization, neutron detection
Overview of material science
Overview of soft matter science
Industrial applications
b. Parallel courses (methodology)
Diffraction (powder)
Inelastic scattering (triple axis)
SANS & Reflectivity
Residual stress/radiographyc. Laboratory Course (tutorial)
Powder diffraction: CIAE-HRPD
Inelastic scattering: CIAE-TAS
Small-angle scattering: CIAE-SANS
Reflection: CIAE-NR
Residual stress and Texture: CIAE-RSD@NTd. Presentation
Group presentatione. Excursion
the Great Wall

7. Facility
Lecture rooms: Classroom A807, chemistry Building of Peking University

8. Information
Contact Email: Aonsa@yahoo.cn

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From: Minutes of x-th AONSA EC Meeting-Singapore-Final-JWW- AONSA allocated $3,000 to support travel expense of students from developing countries.
The number of students that this budget can support may be 3-5 depending on airfare. (As it isstated in the Guidelines for AONSA Neutron School, it is desirable that the registration fee (around 300 USD) of the students supported by AONSA is waived by the School. This was notdiscussed in the EC meeting but is included as a possibility, so that AONSA can support more
students. The process for selecting students supported by AONSA should be prepared.)- AONSA USD3000, IAEA USD5000, CCAST Lodging 10 persons- CNSS annual meeting has been cancelled

Contact persons for each organization:
3 ANBUG: Chris Ling and Rob Robinson
3 JSNS: Toshiji Kanaya
3 KNBUA: Ki Bong Lee
3 NSSI: Samrath L. Chaplot
3 TWNSS: Hsuing Chou and Wen-Hsien Li
2 Edy Giri Rachman Putra (BATAN) for Indonesia region
2 Abdul Aziz Mohamed (Malaysia Nuclear Agency)
2 Supagorn Rugmal (Synchrotron Light Research Institute, MOST, Thailand)
Lecturers: 2 ANBUG, 2 JSNS, 2 KNBUA, and 2 HOST
Lodging: 15 double rooms, 20 single rooms. Big meeting room from 23-25, andmorning or33

5th AONSA Neutron School
23 – 28 October 2012

Tuesday 23 October (Zhongguanyuan Global Village, Peking University)

9:00-17:00

Arrival of participants/lecturers – registration

18:30

Reception (in canteen) – welcome

Wednesday 24 October (Classroom A807, chemistry Building of Peking University)

9:00

Welcome

9:10

General Introduction (0) Wen-Hsien Li

9:50

Neutron sources and Instrumentation (1) Rob Robinson

10:30

Break

10:50

New technology on neutron including optics, polarization, detection and so on (2) Masa Arai

11:30

Overview of material science and neutron (3)

12:10

Lunch

13:30

Overview of soft matter and neutron（4） Shibayama， Kanaya，Seto

14:10

Industrial applications and neutron (5) Kye Hong Lee

14:50

Diffraction (powder) (6) Jianhua Lin

15:30

Break

15:50

Inelastic scattering (triple axis) (7) Chaplot, Wei Bao

16:30

Inelastic scattering (TOF) (8) Pengcheng Dai

17:10

SANS & Reflectivity (9) Sung-Min Choi， Chris Ling

17:50

Residual stress/radiography

18:30

DinnerChun Loong(10) Yuntao Liu

Thursday 25 October (CIAE: CARR, guide hall)
8:30

Departure to CIAE

9:30

CARR tour and report from CNSS (11-13)

11:30

Lunch

12:30

Leave with bus for tours (Forbidden City or Summer Palace or Great Wall)

18:30

Dinner(CIAE canteen)34

Friday 26 October (Classroom A807, chemistry Building of Peking University)
9:00

Sample data analysis 1

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Sample data analysis 2

18:30

DinnerSaturday 27 October (Classroom A807, chemistry Building of Peking University)
9:00

Presentation preparation

10:30

Student presentations

12:00

Lunch

13:00

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Appendix 7

Report from the Organizing Committee of 1st AOCNS
1st AOCNS was held in a period from November 20th to 24th in Tsukuba as scheduled.
(http://j-parc.jp/MatLife/en/meetings/1stAOCNS/index.html).
1) Meetings of Committees
The joint meeting of the organizing and local organizing committees was held on May 23rd,
2011.
The local program committee meeting was held on August 9th, 2011
The local organizing committee meeting was held on August 25th, 2011
The joint meeting of the organizing and local organizing committees was held on October 5th,
2011
(The abstract submission and early bird registration was closed on September 10th).
The local organizing committee was held on October 27th, 2011.
2) Sessions and related meetings in AOCNS (Program attached)•
Scientific Sessions: 24•
Facility Reports: 8•
Opening and Closing Sessions•
Global Cooperation I- ENSA: M. Steiner- AOFSRR: M. H. Ree•
Global Cooperation II- NSSA: B. Gaulin- Japanese Neutron History -Past, present and future-: Y. Endoh- ANOSA: Sung-Min Choi•
AONSA Prize Ceremony and AONSA Prize Lecture- Report from Selection Committee (Y. Fujii)- Award Ceremony (AONSA President, J. White)
•

•
•
•
•

- Prize Lecture : N. Watanabe
Poster Awards for Young Students
 Selection Committee chairperson: T. J. Sato
 10 students selected out of 116 posters contributed by students
 an award certificate with an extra prize (Japanese pottery) presented
Three President Meeting (ENSA, NSSA, AONSA) on November 23rd
Instrument Scientist Workshop (ISW) on November 20th, 2011 (Sun.)
Regional meetings of Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, India and Japan
Social Events36•The reception party on November 20 (Sun)Three social events (1) Japanese flower arrangement (Ikebana), (2)Shopping at
Akihabara and Asakusa, (3)Walking in Mt. Tsukuba on November 23(Wed)The conference banquet at Hotel Grand Shinonome on t November 23 (Wed)Site tour to J-PARC / JRR-3 Guide Hall on November 243) Summary of oral and poster presentations•
Plenary talks: 4- Jun Akimitsu (Aoyamagakuin U)- Yuntao Liu (China Institute of Atomic Energy)- John W. White (Australian National U)- Mahn Won Kim (KAIST)•
Keynote lectures: 24•
Invited talks: 35•
Oral presentations: 41•
Poster presentations: 386
4) Registration Summary
Total number: 586
AONSA countries (Japan: 375, Korea: 69, Australia and New Zealand: 52, India: 12,
China: 12, Taiwan: 30, Indonesia: 10, Malaysia: 3)
Other countries (Europe: 14, North and South America: 8)5) Total Voluntary AONSA fee: 321,000 (JY)6) Financial Supports (especially for students and young scientists) :Registration fee waived
Total number: 20(Japan: 0, Korea:0, Australia:0, India: 11, China: 0, Taiwan: 1, Indonesia: 6, Malaysia: 2)
Travel expense supported
Total number: 19(Japan: 0, Korea: 0, Australia: 0, India: 9, China: 0, Indonesia: 6, Malaysia: 2,
Taiwan: 2)7) Refund to AONSA$10,000 (fully refunded)
8) Settlement of Account of 1st AOCNS (Attached)
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The final balance of 154,546 JY will be shared between AONSA and JSNS.
The organizing committee appreciates the cooperation of AONSA member and observercountries.
Toshi Kanaya
Chair of the Organizing Committee
1st AOCNS<1st AOCNS Report on Settlement of Account><Income>(Table of Income Removed)

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Appendix 8
Report from the Organizer of Instrument Scientists Workshop during 1st AOCNS

1st Instrument Scientist Workshops at AOCNS
Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Prof. Univ. Tokyo
Coordinator-in chief
The 1st Instrument Scientist Workshops (ISWs) of neutron scattering facilities in AsiaOceania region were held on Nov. 20, 2011, as a satellite meeting of AOCNS 2011, Tsukuba,
Japan. The ISWs were proposed by the Inaugural Asia-Oceania Neutron Facility Directors’Meeting, held on May 20, 2011, in Bandung, Indonesia. The purpose of ISWs is to get benefit
from shared knowledge about instrumentation, complementary capabilities at other facilities
in the region, etc.
Originally, it was planned to hold a few workshops dealing with typical instruments, suchas powder diffractometers and small-angle neutron scattering instruments. However, it turned
out to hold eight ISWs covering powder diffraction, single crystal diffraction, small-angle
scattering (SANS), reflectivity, triple axis, time-of-flight (TOF), engineering diffractometry,and neutron imaging.
Since these were the first workshops on instruments by instrument scientists, the main
objective was to know each other. Each ISW started by self-introduction and address
exchange, followed by description of instruments, discussion, etc. For example, the neutron
powder diffraction (NPD)-ISW was organized as follows. Discussion time was coordinatedfor mutual understanding; proposal systems, number of users, topics (crystal, magnetism,batteries, energy-related, polymers, functional materials, etc.), sample environments,
minimum sample size challenged, etc. They agreed to continue the NPD instrument scientist
workshop and meet when AsCA’12 (the Asian Crystallographic Association, Dec.2-6, 2012)
will be held in Adelaide, Australia as the Bragg centenary. Other ISWs proceeded similarly.
It was a great success to hold workshops on the occasion of AOCSN. Table 1 shows thestatistics of 1st ISWs. The numbers of participants and instruments introduced were 162 and82, respectively. The number of countries/areas is 5.75 in average out of 8 member/observercountries. These numbers are much larger than the expectation of the coordinators, indicatingthat instrument scientists wish to exchange information about instruments, such as sample
environments and accessories, to learn knowhow of data reduction, user programs, etc. Those
were really enthusiastic workshops. Most of ISWs agreed to launch mailing list or home page
to keep close contact among instrument scientists. It is understood that equal partnership, i.e.,43equal relationship, equal contributions, and equal benefits is important for good and longstanding collaborations. There was only one regrettable thing. The time allotted to the ISW, 3
hours, was too short. It was recommended to have next ISW with longer time.
The 1st ISWs can be summarized as follows: (1) It was the first face-to-face meeting on
instruments by instrument scientists. (2) 15 - 27 scientists got together at each ISW anddiscussed their problems, including upgrades, budget, human resources, etc. (3) The
workshop was very meaningful for our instrument scientists to share the knowledge and tohave a continuous communication, especially for developing countries. (4) Instrument
scientists will keep communication by making mailing list, home page, portal site, and/or
uploading the presentation files.

44Appendix 9
Possible Dates and Venue of the 2nd AOCNS in Australia
Chris Ling
There is nothing to report at this stage concerning AOCNS 2015 preparations. I am still at thestage of requesting tenders from Professional Conference Organisers. However, I would liketo leave this item in the agenda if possible, as there are some issues I would like to raise
briefly with the EC. Specifically,- what dates would be most acceptable (and preferable) to members from their countries, inboth the Nov/Dec and Jun/Jul periods?
- do they feel that their members would strongly prefer the meeting to be held near the centreof Sydney (as was the case for ICNS 2005) or would they be interested in a venue slightly
outside the city centre?

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Appendix 10
Promotion of Neutron Science and Technology in non-member countries

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President Y. Fujii’s Letter to Director of TINT
From: Y. Fujii@CROSS-Tokai [mailto:y_fujii@cross.or.jp]
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:08 PM
To: somporn@tint.or.th
Subject: Invitation to the AONSA Executive Committee Meeting in Malaysia (May 21-22,
2012)
Director of Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT)
Dr. Somporn Chongkum（Cc: Sirinart Laoharojanaphand, Siripone Chueinta and AONSA Board）
Dear Dr. Chongkum、
I’m Prof. Yasuhiko Fujii serving as the President of the Asia-Oceania Neutron Scattering
Association (AONSA, Please visit http://www.aonsa.org/), which was established in August
2008 to provide a platform for discussion and a focus for action in neutron scattering(including imaging and doping etc.) and related topics in the Asia-Oceania Region.
We are working hard to stimulate/promote neutron science and technology and to support
opportunities for young scientists/students by facilitating cooperation and networking among
the neutron sources and communities in our Region.
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We regularly hold an Executive Committee Meeting every half-year. The 8th EC Meeting is
now planned in Malaysia on May 21-22, 2012 for the first half of this year which is linked to
the “Nuclear Science, Technology and Engineering Conference 2012” as attached. On thisoccasion, we’d like to invite you or your colleagues to the EC Meeting where you are very
welcome to give a presentation of your facility and community in Thailand. All of us arevery eager to learn the current status of neutron sources and community in your country andto possibly start our communication/cooperation.
We look forward to hearing of your convenience and any information on these items.
Sincerely yours,
Yasuhiko Fujii
President of AONSA
P.S. This summer (July 29 – August 3) the Synchrotron Light Research Institute in Thailand
is planning to host the 6th Workshop of the Asia-Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Researchat Bangkok. I’m attending it on behalf of AONSA. By taking such an opportunity, I’dlike to visit your institute if possible.

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Appendix 11
Directors’ Discussion on AONSA Visiting Fellows
In the 1st Directors’ meeting (May 19, 2011, Bandung, Indonesia), the request from the
AONSA Executive regarding "AONSA Visiting Fellows" was discussed.
<From the minutes of the 1st Directors’ meeting>

6. Request from the AONSA Executive regarding “AONSA Visiting Fellows”• The meeting welcomes the suggestion of such a scheme & could potentially provide
support.
• Secondments of 6 month to 12 months, or even longer, are favoured.
• The aims of scheme should be clearly differentiated from those that are managed underbilateral agreements.
• The directors would like to encourage AONSA Executive to develop the concept further.

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Appendix 12
Future AONSA-IAEA Collaborations in Asia-Oceania

Asia-Oceania Neutron Scattering Association
AONSA Officec/o Neutron Science Section,
J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
2-4 Shirakata-Shirane, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
Phone: +81-29-284-3752, Fax: +81-29-284-3889
h

//

/

Future AONSA- IAEA Collaborations in Asia-Oceania
A Scoping Document 14-April 2012

1. This document is for the Executive Committee of AONSA and the Facilities Directors’
meeting as a basis for extending existing collaboration with IAEA in training young scientists
and technologists in the use of advanced neutron scattering methods and developing thebroader remit of AONSA’s Articles of Association.
2. AONSA's Articles of Association states express a high vision and goals for collaborationin our region. (Appendix 1) A recent expression of Article 1 says:"The overriding purposes of the Association are to provide a platform for discussion and afocus for action in neutron scattering and related topics in the Asia-Oceania Region."
3. This general objective is close to IAEA statement at the IAEA Consultants Meeting in
Daejeon , Korea , October 2010 to:
Promote networking, coalitions and regional collaboration to improve the efficient andsustainable utilization of research reactors (RR).
4. Founded in 2008, the Asia Oceania Neutron Scattering Association is an “Association of
Associations” – not of National Institutes. The collaboration with the IAEA since its
inception in 2008 – particularly in funding some student participation in the Neutron Schools,
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has been greatly appreciated. It has allowed AONSA’s prime program of Neutron scatteringschools to grow across the region. Schools have now been held in Korea, Australia and India
with participation of students and lecturers (at their own expense) drawn from Australia,
China, India, Indonesis, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan. The distribution is shown below.

5. The accumulated total of students who have learned theory, done practical experiments
and enjoyed one another’s company in the last four years is shown below.
“Train Young Generation and build Friendship among them”

6. AONSA wishes to continue its collaboration with IAEA in these Neutron schools but we
ask “what has happened to these students in this period” and “whether such anenrichment program could be extended beyond the aims of the Schools to sustain
training for future leaders in cooperation with the Associations and Nuclear Centres
across our region”.
7. Collaborations to promote such a “next step” for AONSA have been discussed in the
Executive Committee in 2010 and 2011. Appropriate Minutes from these meetings
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(Appendix 2). The organisations contemplated have been the International Atomic Energy
Agency and the International Council for Science (ICSU) which now has a regional officein Malaysia.
8. In connection with the possible ICSU approach, discussions with the International Unionof Crystallography – Neutron scattering Commission Chair, elicited their strong support(Appendix 3)
9. This proposal is to explore together such a question with IAEA. The opportunity is tobuild a new generation with closer scientific and technological contacts across the region,
fostered by AONSA – within the wider terms set out in the Articles of Association in
Appendix 1.
10. AONSA believes that the major investments in new facilities in our region could be used
in a shared manner with existing laboratories to achieve in the next 10 to 20 years a lasting
cooperation between the national associations, the nuclear centres and the internationalgroup of scientists and technologists using neutrons. As the developments at J-PARC andother centres have shown – there can be very serious and deep interest in nuclear methods
for advanced technologies.)
11. AONSA has taken several steps in the last few years which demonstrate its robustness as
a collaborator with IAEA in this new program:a. The establishment of Articles of Association and their interpretation by Bylaws,
Regulations and Guidance statements accepted by all Associations through theoperation of a Board preparing decisions to be made in the twice-yearly meetings of thefull Executive representing all Associations as well as observers.
b. The smooth rotation of the offices of President, Vice-President, Treasurer andSecretary along with the creation of a new role for “outreach” from AONSA for
cooperation and information to cognate organizations in the region.
c. Linking of AONSA’s interests with those of the regional nuclear centres by a facility
directors meeting held in conjunction the twice-yearly international Executive
Committee meetings. Though some Directors sit as observers at the EC, this separately
located meeting chaired by an independently elected Chair, adds strength to our regional
cooperation.
d. Its commitment to the neutron school program – a commitment involving
considerable subsidy to student and lecturer participation wherever the venue for the
meeting.
e. Consideration by nuclear centres to consider staggering the dates for the acceptance ofproposals for experiments at their facilities.
f. The fraternal help provided to our colleagues in Japan after the great earthquake andtsunami in 2011. Practical aspects of this were sharing facilities with the Japanese52colleagues and the displacement of the foreseen student neutron school from Japan to
Sydney at short notice.
g. The great success of the First Asia Oceania Neutron Scattering Conference inTsukuba Japan with more than 500 attendees over five days – with subsidised
attendance of students. (One of the most popular events on the first day of thisconference was presentation of new developments of scientific instruments at neutron
sources across the region and sharing of technological insights.)
12. From this robust position, AONSA proposes collaboration with the IAEA to define a
program of mutual interest to sustain the next step of education, training and cooperation
between our Associations and the nuclear centres of the region.
13. One model might be to financially facilitate bilateral and multilateral exchange programsfor travel and residence to achieve scientific outcomes unavailable in a student,
postdoctoral fellow or engineers own university or organization.
14. Such a program should be quite modest with the potential to grow depending on thecapacity of facilities and relying upon a peer review process to reward the most deservingcases from an intellectual point of view.
John W White 14-4-1253

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Appendix 1
AONSA Article 2: Aims
(i) To identify the needs of the neutron scattering community in Asia and Oceania.
(ii) To promote optimised use of present neutron sources in the region.
(iii) To stimulate and promote neutron scattering activities and training in the Region,and in particular to support the opportunities for young scientists.
(iv)To support long-term planning of future neutron sources.
(v) To assist with the co-ordination of the development and construction of instruments
for neutron scattering.
(vi) To promote channels of communication with industry.
(vii) To disseminate to the wider community information which demonstrates thepowerful capabilities of neutron scattering techniques and other neutron methods.
(viii) To assist, if appropriate, affiliated bodies in the pursuit of their own goals.
(ix) To facilitate cooperation and networking amongst the neutron sources in theregion.

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Appendix 2
Record of EC papers re IAEA/ICSU ideas for collaboration 12-4-12
Informal EC 3-10 Date: Mar. 24 16.30 to 18:30
Place: Conference Room #301, Tsukuba International Congress Center (where ASEPS
being held)(c)
Exploring external links with AONSA(i) In January 2010, the UNESCO's International Council for Science, ICSU, conducted a
Roadmap exercise and AONSA submitted a paper setting out the AONSA organization,
its aims and membership. This paper is now on the AONSA website.
(ii) The President noted that ICSU has established a regional office in Malaysia(Professor Nordin Hassan) to whom he has written about AONSA and indicated thepossible usefulness of knowing the activities of each other's organization.
(iii) The President and Professor Fujii met with Professor Koroda current Vice Presidentof ICSU for international affairs at the University of Tokyo on Friday 19 March topromote AONSA, its aims and activities.

EC #4 Singapore 5-10
6.8 Other Issues
6.8.1 Collaborations with International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)
Recent activities in relation to the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) were reported by the President.
ICSU has established a regional office and is keen to intersect with scientific associations
in our region to promote cooperation and international programs. The President has
made contact with the regional office in Malaysia (Professor Mohammed Nordin Hasan)
and its Australian representative from the Academy of Science, Professor Bruce McKellar.
The vice President and President met Prof Reiko Kuroda, the ICSU Vice President inTokyo, on 20 March,
6.8.2 Discussions with IAEA, IAEA Regional Meeting 2010
A communication regarding the recent IAEA CM meeting (August 12-14, 2009 at
ANSTO, Sydney, Australia) and the follow-up IAEA CM meeting (October 27-29,
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2010 at KAERI, Daejeon, Korea) was reported.
The IAEA CM meeting is focused on neutron beams in the Asia-Pacific Region.
The results of the recent work by the technical working group of RCA indicate th
at the Research Reactor Utilization with emphasis on education, science and applications with neutron beams is one of the recommended priorities.
EC #5 Mumbai 10-10
6.10 Possible Collaborations with ICSU, IUCr and IAEA
Recent activities to promote collaborations between AONSA and ICSU, IUCr and IAEA
were reported by J. White, President. Following a positive discussion at the Executive
Committee meeting in May 2010, that AONSA should co-operate with other internationalorganizations wishing to develop training and scientific collaboration in the Asia Oceania
region, a draft proposal to the International Council of Science (Asia Pacific region) is
being developed in collaboration with the Neutron scattering Commission of theInternational Union of Crystallography. It is proposed to approach the nuclear centres inour region for their support to allow greater flexibility for young researchers to extend
their work at complementary facilities in our region. At the EC meeting, Professor
Yamada and Dr Arai suggested that we share the information about beam time
application deadlines of facilities in the region and possibly arrange them to enhance theaccessibility for neutron in the region. This idea will be further developed by the Board.
EC#6 Inter-University Center, Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Bandung,Indonesia May 19-20, 2011
8.1.3 AONSA Facility Director’s meeting.
The origin and purpose of the facility directors’ meeting was explained by President J.
White. The discussion about having this meeting started during the 5th EC in India,
followed by a series of discussions at the informal EC in Korea (October 2010), virtual
Board meeting, and the Board meeting in Japan (February 2011).
The need of a Facility Directors meeting, associated with AONSA’s EC meeting, has
evolved in 2010-2011. The broad Aims of AONSA – Article 2 in the Articles of
Association imply this wider and coherent cooperation. Practical ways to improvemutual cooperation and scientific access between centres (EC Mumbai) and the need for
coordinated approaches in developing, for example, TC proposals to IAEA (Informal
EC, Daejeon) are examples. At a different level, proposals to international bodies suchas IAEA, ICSU and the IUCr could reinforce the efforts with funding (EC May 2010) if
coordinated with the Asia-Oceania facilities. Some of the history of these features is56

given in Appendix 5.
The letter from President J. White to neutron Facility Directors regarding possible
AONSA Visiting Fellows was noted (Appendix 6). It was pointed out that the name
AONSA fellow requires some financial support from AONSA (although it may bepartial).
8.9 Possible Collaborations with IAEA and ICSU
Issues on IAEA TC and ICSU proposals
The Board discussion on this was reported to the EC (Appendix 16). Opinions from
Directors’ about future possibilities Shane Kennedy gave a brief report about Directors’
meeting (verbal). The meeting was very fruitful and all participants of the meeting
unanimously agreed to continue the meeting. The 2nd Directors’ meeting is planned to beheld during the 1st AOCNS. It was suggested that instrumentation workshop should be heldat the end of AOCNS.
EC#7 9:30-12:30, November 20 (Sunday), 2011
Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba, Japan
10. Possible collaboration with IAEA, ICSU and IUCr
10.1 Issues on IAEA TC and ICSU proposals
It was noted that the facility directors’ meeting will be a good starting point to work on a new
IAEA TC proposal (which should be submitted in 2012 for its operation during 2014-2016).
Considering the current top officers of ICSU, we may have a good support for our ICSU
proposal as well. President J.W. White agreed to write to Professor Nordin Hasan (Director,
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific) reiterating AONSA’s wish to participate in ICSU
activities for Neutron Science Training -Asia-Oceania Region.
(Note: This letter was sent on December 2, 2011, Appendix 15)
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Appendix 3
a. The Chair of the Neutron Scattering Commission, Dr Maria Teresa Fernandez-Diaz and
the President (Professor White) met at the ILL in Grenoble in July 2010 and discussed a
draft letter ("The Next Step", below) to Professor Nordin Hasan. This raised the possibility of
AONSA making an application for an ICSU grant in 2010 or 2011. Dr Maria Teresa
Fernandez-Diaz was fully supportive as were other members of the Neutron Scattering
Commission who were consulted: Dr Shane Kennedy and Professor Andrew Harrison Associate Director of ILL Grenoble.
b. The Neutron Scattering Commission is very conscious of the development of new sources
and the potential of the neutron scattering community in the Asia Oceania region. The
Commission would like to do more in the region.

Asia-Oceania Neutron Scattering Association
AONSA Officec/o Neutron Science Section,
J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
2-4 Shirakata-Shirane, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
Phone: +81-29-284-3752, Fax: +81-29-284-3889, E-mail:http://www.aonsa.org/

From the President
Professor John.W.White
Email:

CMG, FAA, FRS

jww@rsc.anu.edu.au , http://rsc.anu.edu.au/index.php

DRAFT

Neutron Science Training -Asia-Oceania Region the Next Step
This is an outline proposal for collaboration between AONSA and the Neutron Scattering
Commission of the IUCr (International Union of Crystallography) towards a proposal for the"Next Step" in our training program. The proposal is intended for the current round (2011)of the International Council of Science (ICSU) Development Program.

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AONSA, formed in 2009, of neutron scattering associations across the region, has as its
principal objective the education and training of young scientists in the region for whom
neutron scattering is likely to be of substantial use in their science and technology programs.
The intention of the "Next Step" is to build on teaching and experimental experience gainedby students in their AONSA summer schools. Successful Schools have now been held in
Korea and Australia. In 2010 the School will be held in India and in 2011 in Japan. We
would like to discuss with our potential partners the most effective way of taking the next
step.
There could be many possibilities.
•
For example Shane Kennedy at OPAL has suggested that they could host somestudents interested in sustainable energy, human environmental hazards. We supposethat JPARC, Hanaro and other Centres could also offer some projects.
•
Some previous neutron scattering experience, the training and science benefit might
be criteria for choice.
•Competitively chosen student candidates might be funded in travel and subsistence for
one to 3 months for collaborative experience at neutron facilities complementary to
those in their home country.
•
A principal objective of this scheme is for the students to return to their home country
with the expertise that they gain to form a nucleus of activity with the engagement of
their home laboratory.
On behalf of AONSA, I should be interested in a conversation to explore these ideas towards
an eventual co-proposal to ICSU with whom AONSA has made contact at regional level andCouncil levels.
Yours sincerely,

John White
Additions by Marie-Teresa Fernandez-Diaz at ILL meeting

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Appendix 13
Report for the Three Presidents’ meeting during the 1st AOCNS.
Global Cooperation
Yasuhiko Fujii
On the occasion of AOCNS, we invited Prof. Michael Steiner (Chairman of ENSA), Prof. B.
Gaulin (President of NSSA) and Prof. M. H. Ree (President of AOFSRR) to promote
AONSA’s international cooperation with other neutron association/society in Europe andAmerica as well as synchrotron radiation community in our A-O region. All of them kindly
accepted invitation and gave us their generous reports in the Sessions of Global Cooperation
I and II during the Conference. Such an idea initiated in the AONSA Board Meeting a year
ago took a specific form when the 1st Three President Meeting (ENSA-NSSA-AONSA) was
held in Tokai, Japan last February (Neutron News 22, 4 (2011)).
This time the 2nd Three President Meeting was also held on Nov. 23 during the Conferencewith an emphasis on more exchange of their information and promotion of cooperation. Oneof the issues was on a host of the ICNS 2017 (quadrennial International Conference on
Neutron Scattering) to be selected by bid at ICNS 2013 (Edinburgh). AONSA is very eager
to hold it in 2017 in our A-O region which will follow such a natural sequence as last several
ICNS’s 1997 (Toronto, Canada), 2001 (Munich, Germany), 2005 (Sydney, Australia), 2009
(Knoxville, USA), and 2013 (Edinburgh, UK). We have agreed to support such a systematic
rotation of a hosting region in which a hosting society (country/region) will be decided with
regional Association’s responsibility. Korean colleagues have a plan to host it and AONSAExecutive Committee has already expressed its strong support to KNBUA.

The former and present
AONSA Board members
welcomed
Prof. M. Steiner (Chairman of
ENSA, third from left) andProf. B. Gaulin (President of
NSSA, second from right).

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Appendix 14
NSSA invited President Y. Fujii to the ACNS (June 24-28, 2012) in Washington DC.
From: Y. Fujii@CROSS-Tokai [mailto:y_fujii@cross.or.jp]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 7:15 AM
To: 'Bruce Gaulin'
Subject: RE: Invitation to attend ACNS 2012 in Washington DC and 3 President's Meeting
Dear Bruce,
Thank you very much indeed for your invitation to ACNS 2012. On behalf of AONSA, I’m
delighted to accept your invitation and have an opportunity to give a talk.
I’d like to know the date when the Plenary Session is scheduled during the conference.
Looking forward to seeing you and your colleagues in June.
Best wishes,
Yasuhiko
President of AONSA---------------------------------------------------------------------------From: Bruce Gaulin [mailto:bruce.gaulin@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 6:57 AM
To: Y. Fujii@CROSS
Cc: jww@rsc.anu.edu.au
Subject: Re: Invitation to attend ACNS 2012 in Washington DC and 3 President's Meeting
Dear Yasuhiko;
I'd like to invite you, as President of AONSA, to attend the upcoming American Conference
on Neutron Scattering (ACNS 2012), to be held at Georgetown University, in Washington,
DC. I have also extended this invitation to Michael Steiner, President of ENSA, and I feel
this would be an opportunity for the three neutron society presidents to meet and discuss
issues of mutual interest.
It would also be an opportunity for us in the NSSA to repay inpart the hospitality we received at AOCNS in Tsukuba.
We can cover the cost of your registration and banquet ticket, and if you able to attend, we61

would ask you to briefly address one of the Plenary Sessions at ACNS 2012. The website
for ACNS 2012 is www.mrs.org/acns-2012/ and it will be held June 24-28, 2012.
I look forward to hearing from you.
best regards, Bruce-Bruce D. Gaulin
President, NSSA
Director, Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research
Professor and Brockhouse Chair in the Physics of Materials
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON, L8S 4M1
Canada62

Appendix 15
President Y. Fujii’s communication with AOFSRR

From: Y. Fujii@CROSS-Tokai [mailto:y_fujii@cross.or.jp]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:49 AM
To: 'Sukit Limpijumnong'
Subject: RE: Invitation to give a talk at AOFSRR2012 (Please kindly resubmit your talk)
Dear Prof. Sukit Limpijumnong,First of all, the Asia-Oceania Neutron Scattering Association (AONSA) would like tocongratulate you and your colleagues on the 6th AOFSRR Workshop successfully
rescheduled after the floods disaster last fall.
Thank you very much indeed for your invitation to the Workshop at Bangkok in theupcoming August. I'm delighted to accept your invitation and to have an opportunity tointroduce AONSA and our activities to be harmonized with your AOFSRR.
Looking forward to such an exciting meeting in Thailand.
Sincerely yours,
Yasuhiko Fujii
President
AONSA (http://www.aonsa.org/)-----Original Message----From: Sukit Limpijumnong [mailto:konesarn@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:47 AM
To: y_fujii@cross.or.jp
Subject: Invitation to give a talk at AOFSRR2012 (Please kindly resubmit your talk)
Dear plenary and invited speakers,
As you all knew, the 6th Asia-Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Radiation Research(AOFSRR) has been rescheduled to August 8-12, 2012 due to flooding last year. The
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Conference is jointly organized with the 4th SLRI annual user meeting to be held at Imperial
Queen's Park, Thailand.
I attached the updated tentative program schedule for your information. Please feel free toprovide the new title of your talk.
Because the attached program is only a preliminary draft, please do not distribute it to avoid
confusion.
Please kindly confirm your participation by replying to this email by March 15th and submit
your abstract by March 31st. The most preferred method of abstract submission is by web
submission at the conference site http://www.slri.or.th/AOFSRR2012/.
However, if it is inconvenience for you the abstract can be done by email toaofsrr2012@slri.or.th.
In addition, to reserve a hotel room for you at the Imperial Queen's Park Hotel as well as for
us to pick you up from the airport (if you have another arrangement about airport pick-up
please let us know), please provide us with the arrival and departure dates (and flights # if
available). We will cover your accommodation during your stay in Thailand as well as waive
your registration fee.
If you have any further queries about the conference, please contact us ataofsrr2012@slri.or.th.
Sincerely yours,
Prof. Sukit Limpijumnong, Chair
Program Committee
6th Asia-Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Radiation Research & 4th SLRI annual user
meeting August 8-12, 2012 Imperial Queen's Park, Bangkok, Thailand
http://www.slri.or.th/AOFSRR2012/64

-------------------The following information on AOFSRR is obtained by courtesy of Prof. Osamu
Shimomura (the first President of AOFSRR, the former Director of IMSS/KEK).

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67

Appendix 16
Cooperation with Association of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS)

From: arai (J-PARC) [mailto:masaarai@hotmail.co.jp]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 10:56 AM
To: Sung-Min Choi; '新井Dv.長'Cc: 'Y. Fujii@CROSS'
Subject: Re: Issues on AAPPS (Agenda of AONSA EC meeting)Sung-MinI have discussed with the president of AAPPS, Prof. Nagamiya, what is a possible way for
AONSA to participate in AAPPS.
AONSA is a well established/organized independent association from AAPPS.
Hence, it is hard to think that AONSA will become a division of AAPPS.
AAPPS, however, wants to have a good linkage with AONSA. Such a linkage/integrationof associations will make a big movement and enhance activities in science in the region.
Hence, we think it is a good start with the following idea.
One of ways can have a session related to AONSA in APPC. Although it is a discussion
matter in APPC organizer, however, probably the AONSA session can be organized by
AONSA on demand from AONSA. Probably there can be other better idea, though.
Please discuss in the AONSA EC what is your request and condition if AONSA willcontribute to AAPPS/APPC.
(APPC is the Asia Pacific Physics Conference, which is held every three years. The next
APPC will be held in July, 2013 in Japan)
With best regards,

Masa

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From: arai (J-PARC) [mailto:masaarai@hotmail.co.jp]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 4:48 PM
To: Sung-Min Choi; '新井Dv.長'Cc: Y. Fujii@CROSS
Subject: Re: Issues on AAPPS (Agenda of AONSA EC meeting)Sung Min,
Here I have enclosed a call for division of AAPPS from the president of the AAPPS,
Nagamiya.
AONSA is a well establised independent organization including not only physics but othermany disciplines. Hence this call to AONSA is not a actual division formation of AONSAin AAPPS.
It is difficult even for me how/what kind of relation could be formed between AAPPS andAONSA. One of cooperation can be a satelite workshop of AONSA at APPC(AAPPS
conference, one every three years) or holding one session of AONSA in APPC.
I will discuss some more details with Nagamiya and if it is possible I will add some otherinformation to you.
Masa

September 15, 2011

Call for AAPPS Divisions
At AAPPS the creation of the Division structure is under consideration, similar to APS and
EPS. At the previous AAPPS Council meeting the action to create Divisions was positively
agreed on. However, in Asia-Pacific areas many subfields do not have any visibleorganizations, so that it may take time to create a full-scale Division structure in AAPPS.
We, therefore, decided to create some Divisions (but not all) by starting to interact withorganizations where prototype Asian unions already exist. Your organization is one of theseexamples.
Please consider positively joining AAPPS as a founding member of one of theDivisions and take a lead in the establishment of that Division. Even if you join AAPPS asa Division, you may maintain the present style of organization as it is.
Also, I expect that there may be significant groups within national bodies, for example,
Women in Physics Group and similarly an Education Group, although not an Asian regionalgroup. If you know these groups, please let them know it to initiate to consider the69

formation of the Division.
At the previous AAPPS meeting, the formation of two types of Divisions has been discussed,
similar to the EPS as shown at the end of this document. They are a) “normal” Division thatoriginates from one scientific field and b) “interdivisional” Division that originates from one
issue or one type of facility while it can span over many sub-disciplines. Already existing(or about to be formed) candidate Divisions in Asia-Pacific areas are as follows:
Category #1 (based on a specific science field):
Plasma Physics, Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics (ANPhA), Applied Physics,
High Energy Physics
Category #2 (based on a broader science and/or sociological need):
Synchrotron Radiation (AOFSRR), Neutron Science (AONSA), Women in Physics(WGWIP), Physics Education
Also it was proposed that Division-based APPC Topical Meeting must be encouraged underthe endorsement of AAPPS.
The formation of a rigid Division structure shall be discussed and approved at the next
AAPPS Council meeting at Singapore in June of 2012. Prior to this meeting we will have aVideo AAPPS Council meeting in December/January. There, I would like to review the
progress of the Division formation.
Please take a look at the questionnaire on the next page.
back from you.

I am looking forward to hearing

Shoji Nagamiya
AAPPS President

Preliminary Answers for AAPPS Divisions
1. Are you able to consider positively the formation of the Division and involvement in yourarea as a founding partner of a Division of AAPPS?
2. The next APPC (Asia Pacific Physics Conference) will be held in the summer of 2013.
Your active participation in a Division starting from this APPC meeting is highly desired.
Are you willing to contribute to this meeting?
3. What type of activities can you think of as a Division?
4. Any other comments on the formation of Divisions at AAPPS.

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Example of EPS Divisions(EPS = European Physical Society)71Appendix 17
WiKi Neutron Project
Chris Ling
At the recent inaugural meeting for NMI3-II, the Public Relation representatives of the
facilities met to re-launch a project apparently discussed at a conference in 2009. A web site
was started back then (see http://neutronsources.org) but did completed. However, the NMI3
board has now decided to restart this project with the PR representatives of the facilities. All
European facilities are invovled, as well as SNS and ANSTO. There will be a meeting in May
in London to launch the project. Facilities not already "in the loop" will be informed shortly.
Eddy Lelièvre-Berna (leader of the wiki-neutrons.org project) and Juliette Savin (NMI3
Information Manager) have discussed the content of this web site, which is very similar towhat was intended for wiki-neutrons.org. NMI3 have agreed to refine their goals so that thecontent is truly accessible to the general public with the aim of advertising the role of neutronscience in day-to-day life - i.e., to effectively incorporate the "wiki-neutron" initiative into the"neutronsources" project. Clearly, we should avoid duplication of work, so this seems to be alogical step, and Eddy is in favour of it.
At this stage, it is not clear whether there will be an active role for societies such as AONSA
in this new manifestation of the project, as it will be led by the professional Public Relations
departments of the facilities. I have sought clarification on this point and will report at themeeting.

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Subject: Wiki-Neutrons.org - Update
From: Eddy Lelièvre-Berna <lelievre@ill.fr>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:45:17 +0100
Dear colleagues,
We would like to thank very much those of you who replied to our proposition. 14 facilities
and associations have confirmed their willing to contribute (list below). Briefly, nearly all
facilities and associations prefer to contribute in-kind whenever possible and 50% of the
facilities would, in addition, contribute financially.
We have also received a number of comments and questions that we wish to share with you.
With regards the goal of this project, there seems to be some misunderstanding but webelieve that the above explanations bring enough clarifications.
We are almost ready on the technical side: the tools are free, the hosting is cheap and the website can be filled in a collaborative way. Moreover, there is already some material available
from several facilities and the project could start. We are now going to collect quotations for
preparing the templates and the graphical chart. In-kind contributions are also very welcome.
Time has come to setup the management structure. Unless we receive propositions different
from the idea of an association, we propose to prepare the statutes. With the delegates, a very
preliminary draft is going to be discussed and refined directly on the wiki web site. The
associations and facilities who have not appointed a delegate yet are invited to do so.
Best wishes,
Eddy-------- Answers to the comments, suggestions and questions -------Content• Considering the already existing web sites of the facilities, associations, Wikipedia, etc., isthis initiative really complementary and therefore necessary ?
 We believe that the Wiki-Neutrons will be truly complementary because it will be
specifically addressed to journalists, industry, policy-making bodies, university teachersand general public. Today, the web sites of associations, facilities and initiatives like NMI3
are essentially addressed to scientists and experts. One can find pages of interest to thegeneral public or the industry but they are not the most visible pages. Unless thesewebsites are revamped, the Wiki-Neutrons will present newspapers-like articles and will
become the portal for our customers.
• If for example industry should be one community to be attracted by this portal, the73structure of the web should be clearly different from the usual encyclopedia or facilities
portals.
 Exact. This is one of the aims.
• Is the name "wiki-neutrons" appropriate ?
 By definition, a wiki is "a Web site that allows collaborative editing of its content andstructure by its users". The authoring access can be controlled and the content is generally
verified. So yes, we believe that the name is appropriate but alternative suggestions arestill welcome.
• Would it be possible to publish the articles in other journals, like Neutron News ?
 Clearly yes since the content will be free from copyrights. We can also add that referring
newspapers-like articles might certainly be better performed with the help of journalists
and the role of communication groups of the facilities is mandatory.
Financial aspects• Can the financial contribution depend on the size of the facility/association ?
 Yes.
• Can we adopt a model where each partner provides the material he is responsible for, i.e.
in-kind contribution ?
 Yes but let us stress that some funding is mandatory for outsourcing the creation of thegraphical chart, the templates that will be used to produce the pages and the animations
introducing the principles.
 So if one means by in-kind contribution a work which is subcontracted or performed either
by permanent or non-permanent staff, that should not be a problem.
Management• Is this initiative driven by an individual facility interest or by a broad community ?
 We believe that this initiative must be broad and this is why we propose to set up an
association. The main aim is to convince how necessary is neutron science to everyone. Incase of success, this initiative may even help facilities to get some funding.
• How to manage this initiative on a long-term ? The management structure seems too loose.
 This is clearly one of our concern. We proposed that this initiative be managed like aworld-wide association - with statutes, chairman, secretary and treasurer (say like AONSA,ENSA, NSSA, etc.). Any other proposition is very welcome.
• What is the expected workload for the editorial board ? Is there a need for one person in
full-time ?
 The workload for will be significant at the beginning, i.e. for preparing the graphical chartand the templates (executive board) and for preparing the editorial chart (editorial board).
We envisage to hire for a few months someone preparing the templates (may beconsidered as an "in-kind" contribution of a facility).
 The main structure of the web and some of the contents will be prepared with the help ofsome consultants (volunteer neutron scientists). This core content is compulsory to set thetone of the whole site and to define a framework for future contributions.
74 Then, the workload will depend on the number and the quality of the articles collected by
the delegates. The size of the editorial board might be adapted so that each scientist does
not have more than e.g. 5 articles to refer per year.
List of facilities and associations who replied:[TBC: To Be Confirmed officially - an email sent asap would be very appreciated]• ANSTO - Robert Robinson [TBC] <rro@ansto.gov.au> - ~10 kEuros/year + in-kind
contribution• ENSA - Michael Steiner [TBC] <steiner@helmoltz-berlin.de> - in-kind contribution• FRM II - Jürgen Neuhaus <Juergen.Neuhaus@frm2.tum.de> - mostly in-kind
contribution• HZB - Thomas Gutberlet <thomas.gutberlet@helmholtz-berlin.de> - mostly in-kind
contribution• IET - Gro Hørthe <Gro.Horthe@ife.no> - mostly in-kind contribution• ILL - Eddy Lelièvre-berna <lelievre@ill.eu> - ~10 kEuros/year + in-kind contribution• J-PARC/MLF - Masatoshi Arai <masatoshi.arai@j-parc.jp> - mostly in-kind
contribution• JSNS - Kenji Nakajima <kenji.nakajima@j-parc.jp> - probably in-kind contribution• KFN - Karin Griewatsch [TBC] <karin@pclab.ifg.uni-kiel.de> - only in-kind
contribution• LLB - Françoise Bourrée - <bouree@llb.saclay.cea.fr> - ~10 kEuros/year for the first 3
years• RI Delft - Jeroen Plomp <J.Plomp@tudelft.nl> - ~10 kEuros/year for the first 3 years• AONSA - John W. White [TBC] <jww@rsc.anu.edu.au> - probably in-kind
contribution• SETN - Javier Campo [TBC] <javier.campo@csic.es> - only in-kind contribution• SNS - Robert L. McGreevy [TBC] <mcgreevyrl@ornl.gov> - ~10 kEuros/year + inkind contribution____________________________________________________________
Dr. Eddy LELIEVRE-BERNA - lelievre@ill.eu
Advanced Neutron Environment Team Leader - http://www.ill.eu/sane75

Appendix 18
Calendar of AONSA Activities

Year 2012
Date

Events

4/20

AONSA Newsletters Vol. 4, No. 1

5/21-5/22

The 8th AONSA EC Meeting (Kajang, Malaysia)

6/24-6/28

American Conference on Neutron Scattering/ACNS 2012 (Washington DC, US)

7/29-8/2

M2S-X International Conf. on Mechanism and Materials of Superconductivity;(Washington DC, US)
Texture Analysis with MTEX (Lucas Height, Australia)

7/30-8/3

10/23-10/27

The 6th Asia-Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Radiation Research/AOFSRR 2012
(Bangkok, Thailand)
The 7th International Sample Environment Workshop (Sydney, Australia)
The 10th International Conference on Quasielastic Neutron Scattering/QENS (Nikko, Japan)
The 5th Workshop on Inelastic Neutron Spectrometers/WINS (Nikko, Japan)
AONSA Newsletters Vol. 4, No. 2
The 4th Facility Directors’ Meeting (Beijing, China)
The 9th AONSA EC Meeting (Beijing, China)
Workshop on Exploring the Soft Matter at the Nanometer Scale by SANS (Serpong,Indonesia)
The 5th AONSA Neutron School (Beijing, China)

11/7-11/9

The 10th AINSE-ANBUG Neutron Science Symposium (Lucas Heights, Australia)

11/18-11/23

The 15th International Small-Angle Scattering Conference (Sydney, Australia)

11/25-11/27

Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Matter by Scattering Methods Workshop(Hunter Valley, Australia)
IAEA Technical Meeting on Regional Research Reactor Users Networks: Advances in
Neutron Imaging (Serpong-Jakarta, Indonesia)
The 11th Conference of the Asian Crystallographic Association (Adelaide, Australia)

8/8-8/12
9/17-9/20
9/30-10/4
10/xx
10/26
10/27
10/8-10/10

11/26-11/30
12/2-12/6

Year 2013
Date

Eventsnd

1/14-1/17

The 2 International Symposium on Neutron Scattering/ISNS (Mumbai, India)

7/7-7/11

The 10th International Conference on Neutron Scattering (Edinburgh, UK)

7/7-7/11

AONSA Prize Award Ceremony (during ICNS, Edinburgh, UK)

7/14-7/19

The 12th Asia-Pacific Physics Conference/APPC (Chiba, Japan)

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Appendix 19
Reports from Neutron Associations

77

The Australian and New Zealand neutron scattering communities have been benefiting overthe last 6 months from what is almost certainly the most sustained period of reliability of our
local neutron source, OPAL. This includes the previously problematic cold source (althoughusers should note that this will be shut down for at least 6 weeks while a new cold neutron
guide is installed in November 2012). Moreover, ANSTO is now actively pursuing the project
to build a second guide hall, which (if funded) would be accompanied by an extensive suiteof new instruments that will cover the full range of techniques. A workshop to discuss thefirst round of instruments for the second guide hall will be held in mid-April. We arewholeheartedly behind the project and look forward to the outcome.
However, ANBUG is concerned by the Australian Government’s termination of the Access to
Major Research Facilities Program, which Australian neutron users relied upon heavily foraccess to international sources, particularly spallation sources with their importantcomplementarity to reactor sources such as OPAL. Lobbying to restore or replace the fund iscontinuing through all available channels. In the meantime, a bid for travel support tointernational neutron spallation sources (ISIS, JSNS, SNS, LANL etc) is being pursued
through the Australian Research Council (under the LIEF scheme).
ANBUG is moving towards financial sustainability with the decision at the last AGM (heldon 22/11/11 in Tsukuba, Japan, during AOCNS) to institute a small surcharge at our local
meeting, the ANBUG-AINSE Neutron Science Symposium, which will support ourparticipation in AONSA and provide seed funding for larger meetings such as AOCNS andICNS when they are held under our auspices. At the same time, however, ANBUG has voted
to retain our existing model of free membership.
ANBUG and ANSTO hosted the 4th AONSA School was held at ANSTO, due to theimpossibility of holding this in Japan following the 2011 earthquake. The School was a great
success, as reported elsewhere in this newsletter.
Finally, ANBUG is proud to have won the right to host the second Asia-Oceania Conference
on Neutron Scattering (AOCNS) in 2015. We have already started preparations, knowing that
we have a very high standard to match following first AOCNS organised by JSNS. We hope
to see you all there.
Chris Ling (President, ANBUG)

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Report from JSNS
May 22nd, 2012
AOCNS EC, Malaysia

JSNS Toshiji Kanaya

6th Board of JSNS (Apr., 2011 ‐ Mar., 2013)
President: Toshiji Kanaya (Inst. for Chemical Res., Kyoto Univ.)
Members of Council (15)Masayuki Imai (Ochanomizu Univ.)
Toshiya Otomo (KEK)
Kenji Ohyama (Tohoku Univ.)
Takashi Kamiyama (KEK)Yoshiaki Kiyanagi (Hokkaido Univ.)
Mitsuhiro Shibayama (Univ. of Tokyo)
Junichi Suzuki (CROSS)
Hideki Seto (KEK)

Miwako Takahashi (Tsukuba Univ.)
Naoya Torikai (Mie Univ.)
Makoto Hayashi (Ibaraki Pref.)Yasuhiko Fujii (CROSS)
Naoto Metoki (JAEA)
Kazuyoshi Yamada (Tohoku Univ.)
Osamu Yamamuro (Univ. of Tokyo)

Board of Administration*Minor reshuffle has been done from Apr., 2012
Secretary

Treasurer

Kenji Nakajima (J‐PARC)
Nobuaki Takahashi (J‐PARC)

Shinichi Ito (KEK)†Masashi Hase (NIMS)

Events Coordination

Communication

Hiroyuki Suzuki (NIMS)† Masaaki Sugiyama (Kyoto Univ.)

Hiroyuki Kimura (Tohoku Univ.)† Hiroshi Nozaki (Toyota Central R&D Labs.)

Public‐Relations

Publication

Seiji Tasaki (Kyoto Univ.)† Toshie Ohtake (RIKEN)

Shinichi Sakurai (Tokyo Denki Univ.)† Masuda Takatsugu (Univ. of Tokyo)†:Newly joined members

79Current Status of JSNS
Membership (11 May, '12)
580 members (including 62 students), 35 supporting members(cf. (Apr., '11) 575 members (including 70 students), 33 supporting members)

Budget status
Settlement for JFY 2011
Income: ~10M yen, Spending: ~12M yen (including support money for carrying out
experiments abroad)
Budget for JFY 2012
Income: ~10M yen, Spending: 11M yen (*not yet confirmed)

Events in 201217 May, '12: Administration Board Meeting
Batonpassing meeting from previous to new administration board members
Plan for new fiscal year
Discussing on budget

28 May, '12: 28th Regular Council Meeting
Summer : Selection of JSNS prize
Autumn: Election of president and council members.
10‐11 Dec., '12: 10th Annual meeting of JSNS at Kyoto Univ.

Report on damage of neutron scattering facilities by the earthquake inJapan and thank AONSA members for kind supports.
A big earthquake with M=9.0 hit Japan on March 11th 2011, and the subsequent
Tsunami destroyed many towns and cities. The nuclear reactor disaster in Fukushima
also caused the serious problems.

80Neutron scattering facilities such as J‐PARC/MLF and JRR‐3
reactor were also seriously damaged by the earthquake.
Japanese neutron scatterers, especially students and young scientists, werevery much discouraged

Materials and Science Area (MLF) (2)Linac Tunnel as of March 24

West side road from MLF. About 1.5 m sinking was observed.
On March 17 the water level was only 1 cm, whereas it was 10 cm on March
24. With motor driven electric generator a pumping started on March 25.

Warm messages and kind supports to Japanese neutron scatterers from allover the worldTransferred Proposals from J-PARC/MLF

BL01
BL03
BL05
BL08
BL10
BL12
BL14
BL16
BL19
BL20
BL21
Total

approved
13
20
1
13
14
3
12
11
19
34
2

SNS
3
2

LANSCE

ISIS
1

ILL

HANARO

SPring8

1
4
3
3
2
3
4
241

1

3

1
1

1

3

2

1
1

2
5

81

1

2

Facilities
JAEA
In-house
users

Facility

Universities
users

total

HFIR

ORNL

USA

４

０

１３

１７

HANARO

KAERI

Korea

１

※４

２

７

ANSTO

Bragg Institute

Australia

２

０

７

９

ILL

ILL

France

３

３

１０

１６

１０

７

３２

４９

Total

remarks※Industrial
use 1

ISSP (University program): 246 proposals for FY2011 were cancelled.
JAEA: about a half number of proposals for FY2011a are also cancelled.

Domestic (Spring‐8)
JAEA
In-house
users

Facility
SPring-8

RIKEN

Japan

０

Universities
users

total

３

５

２

remarks

2011 AONSA Neutron School
2011 AONSA Neutron School wasscheduled to be held in Japan, but it
was impossible. Instead, ANSTO
kindly accepted to hold the Neutron
School.

4th AONSA
Neutron School
12th – 17th November 2011

http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/current_research/conferences_and_workshops/aonsa2011

Venue: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation(ANSTO), New Illawarra Road, Sydney, Australia.

4 Japanese students participated in the
School, who were supported by “Australian
Minister’s Education Assistance Program forJapan”

Program:Introduction to neutron scattering in nanoscience.
Overview of elastic, inelastic, magnetic neutron-scattering:
techniques/methods and details of the individual techniques.
Practical sessions with hands-on experiments and data analysis.
Applications in nanoscience using small-angle scattering, reflectometry,powder and single-crystal diffraction, inelastic and magnetic ne utron
scattering.
Applications investigating textures, strain and stress.
Modelling and neutron scattering.
Writing a proposal and reporting results.

Who Should Apply: This school is aim ed at PhD students and post
doctorates and novice users. The number of attendees will be limited to 40.

Participation Fee: AU$650
Deadline: Abstracts must be submitted by 31st August 2011. Selectedcandidates will receive registration d etails and be notified 2 nd September
2011.
Local organisers: Joseph Bevitt, Michael James, Jorden Lickiss.

Contacts:
Lauren Brown
Bragg Institute User OfficeTelephone: + 61 2 9717 7276
Email: bragg-user-office@ansto.gov.au

Jorden Lickiss
AINSE Conference Coordinator
Telephone: + 61 9717 3376
Email: jorden.lickiss@ainse.edu. au

ANSTO is an IAEA Collaborating Centre
for Neutron Scattering Applications

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J‐PARC is now recovered and running at 200 kW power due tothe great efforts of the director Nagamiya, MLF division head
Masa Arai and colleagues

However, JRR‐3 reactor is still shut down due to safety problem

In response to the Great East‐Japan Earthquake
JSNS has prepared financial support program for carrying out
experiments abroad.
14 JSNS members were supported(including 12 students ).
• ANSTO: 6• KAERI: 1• ORNL (HFIR&SNS): 4• ILL: 3
We have spent 1.8M yen.

We express our deepest gratitude to yoursupport to Japanese neutron scientists.

83Special committee in JSNS
on a future generation research reactor (2010, Sep. ~)Chaired by Professor Yoshiaki Kiyanagi
AIM: To discuss usefulness and to write a recommendation for a future generation
research reactor to promote the neutron science.
The meeting was held 10 times.
We discussed the roles of both J‐PARC/MLF and JRR‐3,
and the necessity of JRR‐3 relating to J‐PARC. Finally wereached a conclusion of the usefulness of the reactor
source.
The Report is now on HP of JSNS, and we submitted thereport to MEXT in August, 2011.
After then, we have started discussion on required
function of a future reactor source, and now we arelooking at situation of the reactors after the Fukushima
accident. We start again the discussion on the the future
reactor image under the present Japanese situation.

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Repoet: Usefulness and its importanceof the JRR‐3 reactor source co‐existingwith J‐PARC/MLF

The Korean Neutron Beam Users Association(http://www.neutron.or.kr)

Ki Bong Lee
Department of Physics
POSTECH

Korean Neutron Beam Users Association (KNBUA)President : K.-B. Lee

K.H. Lee (KAERI)(POSTECH)

S.M. Choi (KAIST)

Secretary : J.-G. Park

M.W. Kim (KAIST)(SNU)

K.H. Char (SNU)
S.K. Park (PNU)

Elastic Group

Inelastic GroupRadiography

C.-H. Lee (KAERI)

S.I. Park (KAERI)

S.W. Lee (KAERI)

I.K. Jeong (PNU)

Low-Q Group
B.-S. Baek (KAERI)
K.W. Shin (Sogang )J.H.Chung(Korea U)

D.Y. Ryu (Yonsei U.)

총회원수

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KNBUA Activities• KNBUA Annual General Assembly(11 May, KBL reelected as a second-term president)* The HANARO Symposium- Neutron Beam Applications (oral 22, poster 28)- Materials Irradiation Test
- Radioisotopes- Activation Analysis- Research Reactor• KNBUA Executive Committee Meetings (3-4 times/yr)• Workshops and Schools

KNBUA Activities

60 participants
Held at DCC October 28, 201186

KNBUA Activities

80 participants
Held at Sogang U.
December 8-9, 2011

Tutorials for Single Crystal Neutron Diffraction Analysis
December 19-22, 2011 at INTEC, Daejeon
Lecturer : Prof. Y. Noda (Tohoku U.)
30 participants

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KNBUA Supports Students
to attend 1st AOCNS.

Korean participants :31 scientists, 38 students

Committee for ICNS2017
Kye Hong Lee and Sungil Park

S.M. Choi

K.H. Char(Chair)J.-G. Parkin collaboration with DIME

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Conference Venue

Daejon Convention Center(DCC)

Hotel Lotte Daejon(350 units)
just across the street
Grand Opening in 201489

Activity report ofTWNSS
May 22, 2012
AONSA EC meeting
Hsiung Chou

Wen-Hsien Li

Department of Physics Center for Neutron Beam Applications
National Sun Yat-sen University
National Central University
TaiwanTaiwanBrief History of Taiwan Neutron Science Society (TWNSS)

Originating
2008
Establishment 2009
Main Goal
Main Activities

Promotion Neutron Science and Applications
Workshops and Schools90

Workshop on Neutron Scattering Science 2011
Time : 17/01/2011~19/01/2011
Place: Dong‐shi forest garden,
Taichung, Taiwan
http://tsfa.emmm.tw

Attendant

NumberResearchers

30

Postdoctoral Fellow

15

Students and Research
Assistants

116

Total

161

( Number of Registers:187)
Taiwan Neutron Science Society

Workshop on Neutron Scattering Science 2011

Taiwan Neutron Science Society

91

Workshop on Neutron Scattering Science 2012
Time : 12/02/2012~14/02/2012
Place: Jhushan township, Nantou county,,Taiwanhttp://www.goto307.com.tw/en/index.html
邀請演講共19位

Attendant

NumberResearchers

28

Postdoctoral Fellow

10Students and Research
Assistants

124

Total

162

( Number of Registers:186)
Taiwan Neutron Science Society

Workshop on Neutron Scattering Science 201292

Workshop on Neutron Scattering Science 2012

Active Members

93

The active members of TWNSS
Number of members

Taiwan Neutron Science Society

The registrated new members ofeach workshops or schools
Number of members

Taiwan Neutron Science Society

94

The active members of TWNSS
Number of members

Taiwan Neutron Science Society

The active members of TWNSS

Thank You
Taiwan Neutron Science Society95On behalf of CNSS

Users Program of CARR and CSNS

Dongfeng CHEN (陈东风）China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE)

NEW timetable of CSNS

construction start
civil construction
component fabrication
installation & tests
first beam on target
project complete/operation start

Main buildings
October 2011
May 2012 – March 2017
September 2011 – September 2015
June 2013 – March 2017
March 2017
March 2018 (6.5 years from start)

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2012年3月1日

2010.5.13

3

China Advanced Research Reactor
NPD

CTAS

CNHES
ISOL

HIPD

?

TPGAA

CPGAA

RSD
USANS

CTOF

PNR
CNR

NTD
TNR
FCD
IoP-CIAE TASSANSCIAE-JCNS TAS?

IoC-CIAENR?

IoC-CIAE
SANS

Completed （7）Powder diffractometer, Residual Stress Diffractometer , Texture Diffractometer, Fourcircle Diffractometer , CIAE-JCNS Triple - axis spectrometer IOC-CIAE Small Angle,
IOC_CIAE NR

Constructing：（3）Thermal neutron Imaging , Cold neutron Imaging , IOP-CIAE TAS
Planning：（5）
HIPD,CTAS，CNHES，PNR, Small Angle, TOF ,

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物理大厅

导管大厅

粉末衍射仪
98

粉末衍射仪监测本底状况
2012‐03‐09
60MW72小时
所有堆门关闭

2012‐04‐03
10MW 3小时
一堆门开启

应力衍射仪

单色器调整装置
本底测量

涡轮叶片

位敏探测器测试

99

相关实验方法和技术

9中子织构衍射仪100

探测器性能测试及电子学仪器安装联调

2012年4月5日9点
本底测量

101

织构衍射实验测量样品
镁合金样品

锆合金样品

中子四圆衍射仪
监视器部分

单色器

102

中子三轴谱仪

15

水平样品几何中子反射仪

16

103

小角中子散射谱仪17

Instrument Layout of CSNS
No. of beam ports increased from 18 to 20

18

104

CARR – MOST 973
国家重点基础研究发展计划19

University NET

105

配套项目和品配套谱仪

中国先进研究堆储氢材料测试分析技术与实验方法研究 H ‐ storage• 研究目的(CAEA/IAEA)–首个储氢材料的中子散射测试平台–储氢材料中子散射实验方法和数据分析方法• 意义 (Renewable and Clean Energy)–解决氢能源瓶颈问题——储存和输运
21

Additional budget for instruments
Project Name

National 973 Projectfrom MOST

Task
Neutron Scattering Methodology study
and its industrial application
development

Budget(M＄)
1.2

Scientific research with Neutron
scattering

2.4

The ability enhancement Strengthen the ability to do cleanof the platform
energy study at CARR
supported by CAEA

4.6

IAEA TechnicalCooperation Program

0.3

Instrument Scientist training and some
instrument hardware supporting

22

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R(Fe,Mo)12化合物的磁性
x=2.25x=2.50x=2.75
x=3.0

1.5
2.0

NdFe9.3Mo2.7

2.0

1.5

1.5

3T
1.0

M(emu/g)

5T

M(emu/g)-△SM (J·kg-1·K-1)

2.5

1.0

0.5

1.0

0.5

2T

NdFe12-xMox

0.5

0.0

1T
260

270

280

290

300

310

320

330

340

0.0
0

50

T(K)

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

0

50

100

T(K)

150

Ni50Mn37Sn13的中子衍射和交换偏置效应研究

Lithium battery LiFePO4FME
铁磁弹体Ferromagnetoelastic

铁磁铁电材料： 锰氧化物LuMnO3
 在温度为6 K，正交
LuMnO3 的剩余极化
Pr ~ 0.17 μC/cm2

107

铁电磁体Ferroelectromagnet

铁电弹体Ferroelectroelastic
FEE
FEM

200

T(K)

250

300

350

Sr3In0.9Co1.1O6: 中子衍射与Co(III)高自旋

010 011

Yb26B12O57：中子衍射：有序无序结构

La3Sb3Co2O14: 从烧绿石到Kagome

111

无序-有序相变

LaSbCo2O6的结构、磁相变与磁结构
BaIn1-xCoxO6-

熔盐法生长KBBF

7LiNbO 和Mg:NSLN
3

Nd:GdCOB

激光自倍频晶体

NdCOB

YbCOB
26

水热法生长KBBF

Yb:YCOB108

光学级硅酸镓镧晶体生长• Neutron imaging of radioactive
elements（Neuclear fuel elements）• Encoding Source• Low L/D ratio CT Reconstruction

Encoding Source

Screw

Low L/D ratio CT Reconstruction
Nuclear fuel elements
test station

Reconstruction

27

Scintillator development
Ingredient:Boracic Acid with Sulfureted Zinc

Process by Image-pro

109Internal users in CNNC…

ITER

30

110

Identifying the Specific Nanostructures Responsible for the High
Thermoelectric Performance of (Bi,Sb)2Te3 Nanocomposites

Wuhan University ofTechnology

WenjieXie

Observation and quantification of water penetration into Strain
Hardening Cement-based Composites (SHCC) with multiple cracks bymeans of neutron radiography

QingdaoTechnologicalUniversity,Zhang P

Origin of cononsolvency, based on the structure of tetrahydrofuranwater mixture

Institute of Chemistry,

JinkunHao,

Micellization Activity of the Natural Lipopeptide [Glu(1), ASP(5)]Surfactin-C15 in Aqueous Solution

East China UniVersity of
Science and Technology

Aihua Zou

Neutron diffraction study of the magnetic refrigerant
Mn1.1Fe0.9P0.76Ge0.24, Beijing University ofTechnology,

Liu LJ

Synthesis and properties of nanostructured dense LaB6 cathodes byarc plasma and reactive spark plasma sintering

Beijing University ofTechnology

Shenlin
Zhou

Structural evidence for the nonmonotonic trend of T-C in tetragonal
PbTiO3-BiScO3 solid solutions

University of Science andTechnology Beijing

Jun ChenSynthesis, Structure, and Characterization of the Series BaBi1xTaxO3 (0 <= x <= 0.5)

Peking Univ, Beijing NatlLab Mol Sci

Hui Wang

Frustrated and Unfrustrated Magnetic Orders in the 10H Perovskite
Ba5Sb1-xMn4+xO15-delta

Peking Univ, Coll Chem & Mol
Engn,

Yin CL

Low-temperature neutron diffraction study of the crystal andmagnetic phase transitions in DyCrO4Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys

Long YW

Interplay between the Crystalline and Magnetic Structures in Lightly
Cr-Doped Bi0.37Ca0.63Mn0.96Cr0.04O2.99

Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys

Sun JR

Synthesis, structure, and magnetic property of hexagonal perovskite
Ba5Sn1.1Mn3.9O15

Peking University

PekingUniversit

Since 2004, user meeting and neutron school
were held every year

111

International Collaboration
2nd Research Coordinated Meeting (RCM) related to the IAEA CRP on
Development, Characterization and Testing of Materials of Relevance to Nuclear
Energy Sector Using Neutron Beams
19 – 23 September 2011
CIAE, Beijing, China

17个国家25位专家出席会议并作报告,介绍本国利用中子科学平台开展核能领域科学研究的经验,拓展了该领域国际交流与合作空间
33

ANOSA events in China
EC, Director & 5th School in Beijing?

8th ANOSA meeting Malaysia 2012.05.22

112

BEIJING, CHINA 2012.10.21-22
34

ANOSA school Peking U

5th choice for 5-day-plan
Oct.23
Tues.

Oct.24
Wed.

Oct.25
Thurs.

Oct.26Fri.

Oct.27Sat.

9:00-17:00
Arrival

9:00-11:30
Lectures

8:30-11:30
Lectures9:00-11:30
Lectures from EC
member

9:00-11:30
Presentation
for school

18:30
Reception

12:30
Lunch

11:30
Lunch

12:30
Lunch

12:30
Lunch

13:30-18:10
Data analysis

13:30-18:00
CARR tour

13:30-18:10
Data analysis
15:00-18:00
Director meeting

18:30
Dinner

18:30
Dinner

18:30
Dinner

13:00
CultureTour andfarewelldinner113

9:0017:00
ANOSA
EC
meetingNeed to be clear now…
Contact persons for each organization:• 3 ANBUG: Chris Ling and Rob Robinson• 3 JSNS: Toshiji Kanaya• 3 KNBUA: Li Bong Lee• 3 INSS: Samrath L. Chaplot• 3 TWNSS: Hsuing Chou and Wen‐Hsien Li• 2 Edy Giri Rachman Putra (BATAN) for Indonesia region• 2 Abdul Aziz Mohamed (Malaysia Nuclear Agency)• 2 Supagorn Rugmal (Synchrotron Light Research Institute, MOST, Thailand)
Lecturers: 2 ANBUG, 2 JSNS, 2 KNBUA, and 2 HOST
• Lodging: 15 double rooms, 20 single rooms. Big meeting room from 23‐25, and mor
ning for 26.
Funding raising:
CARR, PKU(Meeting and meal place),CSNS(courses) ,IAEA(US$5000), ANOSA(US3000) ,CCAST(domestic lodging)

37

38

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The 8th AONSA EC Meeting, Kajang, Malaysia, May 22, 2012

Indonesian Nuclear Society (*)

SocietyCommunity~1 Neutron instruments(*)

Regular/User groupUsers~3 Neutron instruments~4 Neutron instruments

Facility
7 Neutron instruments

Have to reach a critical number of users/user groups

The 8th AONSA EC Meeting, Kajang, Malaysia, May 22, 2012116

Indonesian Physical Society
Indonesian Chemical Association
Indonesian Polymers Association (*)
Indonesian Nanotechnology Society
Indonesian of Microbiology Society
Indonesian of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Society

Asia-Pacific Polymer Conference
Bali November 28 – December1, 2011

There are potential users/communities for BATAN’s facility
The 8th AONSA EC Meeting, Kajang, Malaysia, May 22, 2012

 Low flux
 Long exposure times
 Limited access to kinetic phenomena Large sample sizes
Solution: Intense sources Requires a reactor or spallation source Specific locations not home institutions
Solution: none Availability and reliability
 Wasted time, energy and effort
Solution: Improved, dedicated sources
 Not a core subject
 Unfamiliarity of technique
Solution: Education, Neutron School/workshop

Challenge!

The 8th AONSA EC Meeting, Kajang, Malaysia, May 22, 2012

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(*)

(*until May 20)

Magnetic
materials

Others &maintenance

Biology

Colloids

Research Area (2005-2011)

Polymers

Materials science

The 8th AONSA EC Meeting, Kajang, Malaysia, May 22, 20122012 (May 20, 2012)

2011

2010

Not usedNot usedNot used
Foreignusers

NSL BATANNSL BATANNSL BATAN

Local users

Foreign Local
users users

Foreignusers

Local users

Local users:
In 2012, many new local
users utilized SANS BATAN- University- Research Institute

The 8th AONSA EC Meeting, Kajang, Malaysia, May 22, 2012

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The 8th AONSA EC Meeting, Kajang, Malaysia, May 22, 2012

The 8th AONSA EC Meeting, Kajang, Malaysia, May 22, 2012

119

NSL BATAN Indonesia & SLRI Thailand(ICTP, IUCr, IAEA, others)

ICNX2011

ICNX2009

ICNX2007

Neutron & X-ray Activities
The 8th AONSA EC Meeting, Kajang, Malaysia, May 22, 2012

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IAEA Technical Meeting on
Regional Research Reactor Users’ Networks (RRUNs): Advances in Neutron Imaging
26 – 30 November 2012
Hotel Santika - Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) City
Serpong - Jakarta, INDONESIAThe 8th AONSA EC Meeting, Kajang, Malaysia, May 22, 2012121

Society
Community~4 Neutron instruments(*)

Regular/User group
Users~4 Neutron instruments~4 Neutron instruments

Facility
7 Neutron instruments

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Appendix 20
Reports from Neutron Facilities

123

BATAN NEUTRON BEAM
FACILITY
Overview

Sutiarso
National Atomic Energy Agency of Indonesia‐ BATAN
Kawasan Puspiptek Serpong ‐ Tangerang Selatan, Banten

BATAN ‐ SERPONG NUCLEAR AREA

124

Reactor and neutron guide hall

The Reactor
Descriptive parameters of RSG - GAS
Power
30 MW (Thermal)
Peak Thermal Neutron Flux
2.5 x 1014 cm-2sec-1
Core180
 Active core volume (dm3) Active core height (cm)60
 Loading (Kg 235U)
8.675
 Number of fuel elements in TWC
40
 Number of control elements in TWC 8
 Fuel typeU3Si2Al MTR
 235U enriched (%)
19.75
2.96
 235U density (gram cm-3)
 Moderator / coolant
H2O

Operation Mode
- 11 days on – 9 days off
4 days on – 2 days off- 15 MW in power

about 235 days/yr
mostly on the week end

125

BERYLLIUM BLOCKREFLECTOR

Fuel Assembly
Beryllium Reflection ElementIR= Irradiation Position (reflector)
NRS = Normal Rabbit System
S= Beam Tube
NRF = Neutron Radiography Facility (out of core)
PRTF = Power Ramp Test Facility

CIP = Central Irradiation Position
IP = Irradiation Position (core)
FRS = Fast Rabbit System

The layout of the Neutron Scattering Laboratory

NR1

TUNNEL

SN1

MVS
CORE

SN2
DN2

NG2

SN3
NG1

DN1

SAMPLE
PREPARATIONLAB: eXperimental Hall of Reactor: Neutron Guide Hall
: Neutron Guide: First Neutron Guide: Second Neutron Guide: Neutron Radiography Facility

CENTRALAC

MECHANICALWORKSHOP

NGH

XHR
XHR
NGH
NG
NG1
NG2
NR1

COMMON
ROOM

DN3

DN1
DN2
DN3
SN1
SN2
SN3

: Neutron Diffractometer for Residual Stress Measurement: Four-Circle Diffractometer/Texture Diffractometer: High Resolution Powder Diffractometer: Triple Axis Spectrometer: Small Angle Neutron Scattering Spectrometer: High Resolution Small Angle Neutron Scattering Spectrometer

126

INSTRUMENTS CAPABILITIESMaterial characterizations from atomic scale
to macro scale

Defects(macro scale:~ mm)Molecular structure(nano scale:~ nm)

Molecular structure(micro scale:~ µm)

Sizes

Crystal strusture(atomic scale: ~ Å)

Neutron
Diffractometers

NeutronSpectrometers

127

NeutronRadiography

NEUTRON DIFFRACTOMETER for
RESIDUAL STRESS MEASUREMENT
Instrument Characteristics
Beam Source: Thermal neutron (Beam Tube S6)
Location: Reactor Experimental Hall
Beam collimation: Parallel Collimator 40'
Monochromato: Doubly focused bent Si(311)
Monochromator Take-off-Angle : 0-90 deg.
Diffraction angle range (2θ): -10 – 120 deg.
Detector: BF3 Point detector
Counting system: Canberra
Control system: Labo + PC Windows
Aquisition software: RESA (JAEA)
X-Y-X Goniometer: X=140 ± 0.025 mm, Y=140 ± 0.025 mm,
Z=50 ±0.025mm
DeltaTheta/Theta: 5x10e-5
Texture evaluation: Full circle goniometer
Tensile Rig: 1 kN + strain gage reader
Cryostat: 15 K

The instrument

1600

1200
hoop strain [µm/m]

Round Robin experiment using
VAMAS aluminium ring & plugsample(Under the CRP‐IAEA Project
1575)

800
JRC 2009 - (111)HZB 2009 - (311)
NPI 2009 - (311)400

BNC 09/10 - (111)BATAN 2010 - (311)0Result
-400

-800
-25

The VAMAS sample

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

20

25

radial position [mm]Some Research on Residual Stress using DN1‐ 2012
1. Tri-Crystal Aluminium Sample- Prof. Hanabusa (Tokushima Univ, Japan).

2. Aluminium samples welded using FSW method - M. Refai Muslih and Tri Hardi (BATAN).
3. Aluminium samples welded using TIG method - Nur Subeki and Dr. Nur Ilman (Univ. of Gajah Mada).
4. Residual stress measurement on tungsten reinforced titanium composite (Dr. Nishida, Kobe Univ.)

Instrument Development- Implementation of a radial collimator and 1 D detector
reduce the background- The Design & construction was carried out by ourself.
- Computer simulation SIMRES was used to design the radial collimator with the help of Dr. Sarounfrom the NPI of Chezh Republic

Photograph of the radialcollimator made by BATAN

The configuration of components of neutron diffractometer, DN1
1 . Neutron source 2. Beam tube 3. 1st collimator 4. Monochromator
5. 2nd beam tube
6. 3rd beam tube 7. Slit #1 8. Slit #2 9. Sample
10. Radial collimator 11. Detector (1D)128

FOUR CIRCLE/ TEXTURE NEUTRONDIFFRACTOMETER (FCD/TD)
Instrument Characteristics
Location: Beam tube S5Take off angle: 2m = 46o
Monochromator: Bent Si (311)
Wavelengt: 1,28 Angstrom
Flux at sample position: 3,81 x 105 n/cm2 det
Beam slit: Min. (5 x 5 mm), max. (30 x 30 mm)
Detector- Monitor: BF3 (side windows)- Main: BF3 ( end windows)
Soller collimator: 20’ atau 30’
2 angle range: 0o ≤2≤ 110o and 0o ≤ ≤ 90o
Eulerian Craddle: - 90o ≤  ≤ 40o, -180o ≤  ≤ 180o
-100o ≤  ≤ 40o
Sample environment: Room temperature
Acquisition and control system software : Visual Basics v 6

The instrument

Some Examples

(a)

(b)

Pole figure of aluminum sheet AA3104 (a) without and b) with defocusing effect correction

Research on Texture using DN2
The DN2 diffractometer are mostly used by researchers from local institutions and university
students. Some samples such as ball bearing, brass, aluminum and its alloys (3104, 6061 and7075 series), zirconium and its alloys have been investigated.

-.

129

HIGH RESOLUTION POWDERDIFFRACTOMETER (HRPD)

Sample Environment- High temperature furnace up to 850oC- Low temperature cryostate down to 15K

The instrument

Selected Examples
Neutron diffraction pattern of Jadeit(NaAlSi2O6)

Neutron diffraction pattern of MnF2 sample withincryostat (a) at room temperature (b) at 30K

Comparison result of La8Sr2GeO4 neutron diffraction
patterns taken at BATAN’s diffractometer and
ANSTO’s diffractometer.

BATAN

ANSTO

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TRIPLE AXIS SPECTROMETER (TAS)
Instrument Characteristics
MonochromatorType :
Roatating- shield type
Reflections: Pyrolytic graphite 002
Size :
75 mm (H) X 50 mm (V)Scattering angle range : 15 < 2m < 75 degree
Ki range:
5.99 < ki < 2.33 Ang-1
Wave length range : 1.1 < i < 2.7 Ang
Filter :PG filter (removable)
Sample Table
Goniometer Translational x, y, Tilt, Rx, Ry
Scattering angle range:-5<2s< 110 derajat
Analyzer
same as monohromator
Collimator #1, #2, #3, #4: ( 20’, 40’)
Control dan data acquisition software:nsl ver.1.0 , bataco ver.1.0(for elastic and inelastic experiment)

Applications
1. Crystal structure and magnetic structure determination (elastic scattering mode)2.

Investigation of lattice dynamics and spin dynamics of condensed matters (inelastic scattering
mode)

Current Status
In process of upgrading hardware and softwrae

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SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING
SPECTROMETER (SANS)
Instrument Characteristics
Neutron source : Thermal Neutron S5 neutron guide
Monochromator : multidisk mechanical velocity selector
Incident wavelength : ~ 3 – 6 Å
Wavelength resolution : ~10% – 20%
Effective Q-range : 0.003< Q < 0.3Å-1(relevant to size of ~ 1 – 250 nm)
Max. flux at sample position : 7 x 106 cm-1 s-1
Beam size: min. 5 mm in diameter
Detector : 2D-PSD
Sample to detector distance L1 : 01. and 1.3 -18 m
Collimator length L2 : 1.5, 4, 8, 13, 18 m
Pinholes : 30, 20, 14, 10, 7, 5 mm (diameter)

The instrument

Software for data processing: GRAPS, Igor NIST,
SASfit, ATSAS

Sample environment: Automatic sample changer & refrigerated heating circulation
 External electromagnet up to 1T
 Stopped‐flow cell(*)

Utilization :Soft and hard matters, i.e. colloids, polymers, ceramics, alloys,
magnetic materials, micellar solutions, protein solutions & virus

Instrument Development132

Instrument Development

HIGH RESOLUTION SMALL ANGLE
NEUTRON SCATTERING SPECTROMETER(HRSANS)
Instrument Characteristics
Preset time/count measurement
Monochromator PG (004)
Take-off angle 60 = 1.6261 ± 0.2011 Å ; FWHM = 0.0611
/=12.37%
qh=4.75.10‐4 Å‐1
qv=0.4 Å‐1
Double perfect crystals Si(311)
Smallest step (0.0001) > Q  10‐5 ÅFluks neutron pada sampel: ~ 103 cm‐2 s‐1

The instrument

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Some Examples

6
4

coba1cr2o3_txt_i
fit_coba1cr2o3_txt_i ; R=1463 A

2

1000

1k1/cm6
4100

2

100 1/cm
6
4

10

2
7

30.00

30.02

30.04
(Deg)

30.06

30.08

8

9

30.10

2

0.001

3

1/A

4

10

4

ZnO
Empty cell

3

ZnO
fit silinder
r=1186 angstrom
l=7194 angstrom

2
5

10 8

10

6
4

-1

-1

dd(cm ster )Intensity / 7 minutes

Intensity / 7 menit

10k1/cm
Cr2O3
Empty cell

2

10

2
4

10 8
6
4

1

10

2
3

10

-3

-4x10

-2

0

q( 

2

7

4

134

8

9

0.001

2

3


q( 

4

5

NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY FACILITY
Instrument Characteristics
Neutron source:

RSG-GAS reactor beam port S-2

Neutron flux at sample position: 106 to 107 n/cm2 sec
Beam size at sample position: 30 cm (dia)Collimator L/D ratio : 83
Cadmium ratio : 6.4
Neutron/Gamma ratio: >105 n/cm2/mR
Radiography techniques: Gd converter and X-ray
film, Li6-ZnS scintillator screen, CCD based
electronic imaging system.

Method- Film method- Real time method using CCD camera- Neutron Tomography

Examples of Neutron Radiography using Film Method

Lubricant oil

Hard disk

Examples of Neutron Radiography using Real time method

Motor bike enginet = t1t = t2135

t = t3

Examples of Neutron Tomography

Ignition coil

Archaeological object

Instrument Development
Modification has been made on the setup of instrument to improve the image by:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Shorten the sample to detector distance
Reducing the Field of View of camera using a lens with higher focal point
Replacing the scintilator screen with thinner one (1 mm) – higher resolution
Increasing the L/D ratio to reduce the unsharpness in the image** Will be done later

136

NEUTRON BEAM TIME SCHEDULE

International & National Collaboration
TWAS > 2009 ‐ 2010
Small‐angle Neutron Scattering Studies on Biological Macromolecules

IAEA – Coordinated Research Project > 2007 ‐ 2010
SANS BATAN: Improvement the Neutron Intensity by Focusing Optics

IAEA – Coordinated Research Project 2010‐ 2013
Optimization of Neutron Beam Techniques for Characterization of Structural Materials

IAEA – National Technical Cooperation(*) > 2012 ‐ 2015
Utilization of Research Reactor by Improved Performance of Neutron Irradiation Facility
and Neutron Beam Instruments(Expert missions; Fellowship; Visiting scientists; Equipments)

Indonesian Ministry of Research & Technology > 2011 – 2013(*)
1. Small‐angle Neutron Scattering Application on Dengue Virus Ultrastructure andSelf‐assembly Mechanism for a Basic Targeted Drug and Vaccine Development
2. Neutron Radiography Application for rapid detection of rice plant against drought stress137

Upcoming International Event
IAEA Technical Meeting on
Regional Research Reactor Users’ Networks (RRUNs):
Advances in neutron imaging
26 – 30 November 2012
Serpong Jakarta, Indonesia

138

NEUTRON INSTR. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
NEUTRON INSTRUMENTS DEVELOPMENT
NEUTRON INSTRUMENTS UTILIZATIONSDevelopment of control
hardware of TAS in 3axis mode , MCA for
counting system ofdiffractometer.

Development of control
software for TAS, Stop
flow cell for SANS, andRadial collimator

Development of control
system for TAS,
foccusing SANS, andRadial collimator
continued

Test and characterizationof the difractometers andspectroometers for
acredatation of the NSL

NEUTRON SCATTERING INSTRUMENTS DEVELOPMENT
Development of Neutron
tomography facility andSample exchanger of
SANS

2011

Development offocussingmonochromator ,Enlargement of sample
chamber for RN1

Development of sample
loading unloading
system for RN1,
Development of dataacquisition using 1D
detector

2012

2013

Thank you139

Test andcharacterization of the
Neutron radiography
facilities for acredatationof the NSL

2014

Synchrotron Light Research InstituteSupagorn Rugmaiสถาบ ันวิจ ัยแสงซินโครตรอน (องค์การมหาชน)Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization)
May 2012

1

SLRI is a Public Organization
Under supervision of the Ministry of Science and Technology
 Budget: Central government Policy: Executive Board Scientific: International Advisory Committeeสถาบ ันวิจ ัยแสงซินโครตรอน (องค์การมหาชน)Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization)

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2

Synchrotron light sourcesสถาบ ันวิจ ัยแสงซินโครตรอน (องค์การมหาชน)Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization)
May 2012

3

SLRI is located in the campus of Suranaree University of Technology
15 km from the city of Nakhon Ratchasima, 250 km NE of Bangkok

Nakhon Ratchasima
BangkokPhuketสถาบ ันวิจ ัยแสงซินโครตรอน (องค์การมหาชน)Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization)
May 2012

141

4

The Siam Photon Source

Control room

LINAC Booster Synchrotron

Experimental station
Storage ringสถาบ ันวิจ ัยแสงซินโครตรอน (องค์การมหาชน)Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization)
May 2012

5

The Siam Photon laboratory
Beamline and Experimental stations

Component fabrication shop

Accelerator complexสถาบ ันวิจ ัยแสงซินโครตรอน (องค์การมหาชน)Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization)
May 2012142

6
6

Photon spectrum

Flux density (photons/s/mr2/0.1%bw)

1E+14

Bending magnet
1E+13

Wiggler
Wavelength shifter

1E+12

1E+11

1E+10
100

1000

Photon energy (eV)สถาบ ันวิจ ัยแสงซินโครตรอน (องค์การมหาชน)Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization)
May 2012

10000

1000007

Beamlines and experimental stations
http://www.slri.or.thสถาบ ันวิจ ัยแสงซินโครตรอน (องค์การมหาชน)Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization)
May 2012

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8

Asia Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Radiation Research

Financial supports forparticipants fromASEAN countries.

http://www.slri.or.th/AOFSRR2012สถาบ ันวิจ ัยแสงซินโครตรอน (องค์การมหาชน)Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization)
May 2012

9

ASEAN activities

 ASEAN Synchrotron Science Camp ASEAN Workshop on Small Angle X-ray Scattering ASEAN Workshop on X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
 ASEAN Workshop on Infra Red Spectroscopy andImaging
 ASEAN Workshop on Photoemission Spectroscopyสถาบ ันวิจ ัยแสงซินโครตรอน (องค์การมหาชน)Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization)
May 2012

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10

Thank youสถาบ ันวิจ ัยแสงซินโครตรอน (องค์การมหาชน)Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization)
May 2012

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Appendix 21
IAEA Collaboration Centers

146

IAEA Activities on Enhanced Utilization andApplications of Research Reactors
Danas Ridikas

Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications (NA)International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Wagramer strasse 5, PO Box 100, 1400 Vienna, Austria

Outline• RR issues and challenges• Examples of efforts related to enhanced RR
utilization

 RR networks and coalitions
 Role of RR in NPP programmes
 Plans for new RRs and TC projects
 Active/new CRPs
 Conferences and Technical Meetings
…
• Conclusions
2
Contact: D.Ridikas@iaea.org

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Best regards and warm greetingsfrom DDG-NA Dr Daud Bin Mohamad

3
Contact: D.Ridikas@iaea.org

Major Activities within Physics Section
Assistance and support of Member States in the field of1.

Accelerators2.

Research Reactors

3.

Controlled Fusion

4.

Nuclear Instrumentation

5.

Cross-cutting Material Research

Based on Member States needs, requests & recommendations
Planning & implementation of P&B activities
Proposal and implementation of CRPs
Management of Data Bases
Organization of Conferences, Technical & Consultancy Meetings
Organization of ICTP workshops, training schools and courses
Support of TC projects
Promotion of Nuclear Sciences, Applications and Technologies
4
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Key issues and challenges
5000

Steady thermal
power (MW)

Number of

Number: ~231 operationalreactors

Steady thermal po wer

4500

RR underutilization
Ageing & needs for refurbishment
Fuel cycle issues
Requests for new RRs
Safety & security…

Source: IAEA RRDB, March 2012352

No o f reacto rs

367 4401
354
3970

4000

335
3741

302
3500

350
3599306

3139

300
29292653000

2741237 2761236

2336

2500
2000

234

250

2187

200

159

1500

400

150

1061

100

1000
500

50

15936

0

0
1955

1960

1965

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

Year

Age: 50% have >40 y

60

Utilization: 50 % are underutilized
Fraction of all RRs, %50

Utilisation rate
40

30

20

10

0

high, >20FPW/year

mediumsmall, <4FPW/year

5
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Trend for decreasing number of RRs-1 RR per year since 2005
-2 RR per year since 1995
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Key issues and challenges: supply of Mo-99
Over 80% of diagnostic nuclear medical imaging uses radiopharmaceuticals containing
entailing over 30 million investigations per year

99mTc,

Over 95% of the 99Mo required for 99mTc generators is produced by the fission of 235U
targets in RRs
Source: IAEA NTR 2010, Annex

and others

7
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Key issues and challenges: supply of Mo-99
Source: IAEA Nuclear Technology Review 201018

N um ber of reactors

16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

60

Years of operation

The five major RR currently producing more than 95 % of 99Mo
The OPAL (Australia) and Maria (Poland)
Existing RR that are already used by regional 99Mo producers or for which commissioning is underway
Existing RR which are now studying the feasibility of providing irradiation services.

Present status:
NRU (Canada) and HFR (Netherlands) are back to operation!
Maria (Poland) & LVR-15 (Czech) have entered as new important players!
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Key issues and challenges: reduction of HEU
Reduction of HEU through the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI)
 76 RR cores converted to LEU, ~20 RR are expected/on-going Spent and fresh fuel take back programmes
Latest news:
2500 kg of Russian-origin
HEU spent fuel has been
removed from Serbia

172 kgUS Foreign Research Reactor (FRR) Spent
Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Acceptance for HEU

1996

1200 kg

SAFARI-1 is entirely LEU!

2013
US Foreign Research Reactor (FRR) Spent
Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Acceptance for LEU

2019

765 kgRussian Research Reactor Fuel Return (RRRFR)Program

1420 kg

2002

2017
Gap Nuclear Material
Removal Program

Amount of taken back fuelAmount of remaining fuel

2005
2009
Other countries, where HEU is being removed:
Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Libya, Poland, Romania,
Serbia, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, …

9Contact: D.Ridikas@iaea.org

Major reasons for RR Underutilization•

Lack of purpose (and strategy); objectives formulated longtime ago; no new/clear strategy available•

Lack of budget (and staff); prefer operate on “survival” level
rather than shut-down and decommission; no plan/funds fordecommissioning•

Lack of pro-activity (and motivation); no action to search for
new users/clients; no action to analyse/penetrate the market
for potential commercial products and services•

Lack of QA/QC (and Integrated Management System);decreased confidence from major stakeholders (funding andregulatory authorities); decreased chance to go commercial;no courage for re-organization
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In-house strategy for enhanced RR utilization
Today existing or planned RR facilities should concentrateon three major issues:

Strategic Planning
International Cooperation&&
Performance Monitoring
Networking

Sustainability
through
Provision of Products & Services
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RR related efforts within the IAEA programmes Cross cutting activities on RRs: NA, NE, NS, TC, …
Programme D: Nuclear Science
Sub-programme D2:
Research Reactors (RR)

Project D2.01:
Enhancement of utilization& applications of RRs

•
•
•
•

Project D2.02:
RR infrastructure, planning& innovation

Project D2.03:
Addressing RR fuel cycle
issues

Project D2.04:
Research Reactor
operation

Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3…

Programme J: Safety of Nuclear Installations
Sub-programme J6:
Safety of RRs and Fuel Cycle Facilities

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IAEA Research Reactor DataBase (RRDB)
http://nucleus.iaea.org/RRDB/
Includes:* Detailed informationof 680 facilities* Operational status* Reactor data
* Fuel data
* Utilization records*…
Jointly coordinatedand managed by
NAPC & NEFW.

Now possible:* Online updates* Multiple search* Up-to-date statistics* Maps, and* Much more!

5000

Steady thermal
power (MW)

Number ofreactors 400

Steady thermal power

4500

352

No of reactors

367 4401
354
3970

4000

335
3741

302
3500

350
3599306

3139

300
29292653000

2741237 2761236

2336

2500
2000

234

250

2187

200

159

1500

150

1061

100

1000
500

50

15936

0

0
1955

1960

1965

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

Year

RR application-oriented functions of RRDBApplication

Number of
RR involved

Involved /Operational, %Number ofcountries

Education & Training

161

67

51

Neutron Activation Analysis

122

51

54

Radioisotope production

90

37

44

Neutron radiography

68

28

40

Material/fueltesting/irradiations

60

25

25

Neutron scattering

48

21

32

Nuclear Data Measurements

42

18

20

Gem coloration

36

15

22

Si doping

35

15

22

Geochronology

26

11

21

Neutron Therapy

20

8

13

Other

95

40

29

Indispensable to define priorities and plan our activities! 14

153

2010

Activity: RR strategic & business plans
Preparation/revision of Justification and Demonstrated Needs
 Strategic & Business Plans
Facility Status
Capabilities
What can I do?

Current Stakeholder
Requirements/Needs
What should I do?

Production of a strategic plan supports
an increase in utilization by increasing
capabilities and creating new
requirements

Support/assistance from the IAEA is dependenton having a demonstrated need, i.e. … a strategic plan
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Example: 2MW RR, HOR of TU Delft
Today:
It is a partially self sustained RR (operational costs ~6M USD)
Multipurpose RR
NAA, neutron beams, positron source, E&T, isotope production
Special efforts on QA/QM, accreditation, recognition, etc.

IRI < 1985
Interuniversity

RID 2009

IRI 1985  2004
Interfaculty

Facility + Scientific department

valorisation
800 k€

100% Ministry

TUD
4800 k€external
1800 k€

TUD
2600 k€valorisation
1200 k€Future:New applications, advanced R&D, search for specific niche…
Source: TU Delft, The Netherlands

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Activity: RR Networks and Coalitions
Objectives:
 increase utilization & sustainability promote regional/international cooperation
 access to RRs from Member States without RRs
Role of the IAEA
 Catalyst and facilitator towards self-reliance Preparation of strategic and business plans Initial support via regional TC projects

Performance indicators:• Number of RR facilities forming networks• Number of non-RR countries forming networks• Number of RRs with new/updated strategic plans• Number of RRs with increased utilization/revenues

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Activity: RR Networks and Coalitions, statusCARRN

42 Member States: 25 with RRs & 17 MS without RRs

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

BRRN – Baltic Research Reactor Network,
EARRC – Eurasian RR Coalition,
EERRI – Eastern European RR Initiative,
CRRC – Caribbean RR Coalition,
MRRN – Mediterranean RR Network,
CARRN – Central Africa RR Network,

multipurpose, 10MS
isotope production, 5MS
multipurpose, 6MS
mainly NAA, 3 MS
multipurpose, 12 MS
multipurpose, 9 MS Neutron beams is a joint activity within 2 networks!
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Activity: RR Networks and Coalitions, highlight
RR Group Fellowship Training Course (6 weeks):•EERRI: organized by partners in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, & Slovenia•IAEA: implementation and financial support through TC projects•Contents: theoretical courses, hands on training, IAEA lectures, evaluations•Participants: ~40 fellows trained during 5 courses•Future: 1 course will take place in 2012; similar initiatives in other regions

19
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Internet Reactor Lab (IRL)
PULSTAR
Reactor
NCSU/ U.S

ReactorNE
Parameters
Department
Audio/ Video
JUST/Jordan
data

Projects on-going in other regions!
Source: JUST, Jordan

20
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Activity: TC projects and new RRs
Planned RRs as of today
More than 30 ongoing IAEA TC projects related to RR utilization, safety, fuel cycle,
refurbishment and modernization, etc.

4 ongoing projects to start the 1st RR in the country
1)

Azerbaijan: Conducting a Feasibility Study for Planning and Establishing a RR

2)

Jordan: Establishing a RR

3)

Sudan: Sudan Nuclear RR Project4)

GCC: Developing a Regional Nuclear Training Centre for Capacity Building andResearch

9 new projects related to the 1st RR in the country
Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Tanzania, & Vietnam

Other countries planning new RRs:
Argentina, Brazil, India, The Netherlands, Russia, South Korea, South Africa,...
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Activity: Newcomer Member States
Planning, Building and Operation of RR: phases/milestones
MILESTONE 1
Ready to make an
informed commitment
to a RR programme

Justification &Demonstrated Needs

Research Reactor
construction
under consideration

MILESTONE 3
Ready to commission andoperate the first RRMILESTONE 2
Ready to invite bids
for th e first RR

Operation, maintenanceWaste management

PHASE 3

Activities to implement
a first RR
PHASE 2

Preparatory work for theconstruction of a RR
after a policy decision has
been taken
PHASE
Preparingfor 1
assuming
commitments& aConsiderations
beforeobligations
decision to construct a
Research Reactor
is takenFeasibility study

Project elaboration
Decision adopted

Bidding process

Construction

Operation / Decommissioning
Commissioning 5 – 10 years

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157 Role of RR in the context of national NPP programme
RRs in E&T: ~164 RRs involved world-wide
Public tours and visits
Teaching physical and biological science students
Teaching radiation protection and radiological engineering students
Nuclear engineering students
NPP operator training

23
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 Role of RR in the context of national NPP programme

Source: AREVA, France

24
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158 Role of RRs in the context of national NPP programme
Issues (from Milestones Document)

Example of Nuclear Research Centre in Morocco

1. National position

Potentialrole of RR
X

2. Nuclear safetyX

3. Management
4. Funding and financing
5. Legislative framework

X

6. Safeguards

X

7. Regulatory framework

X

8. Radiation protection

X

9. Electrical grid
10. Human resource development

X

11. Stakeholder involvement

X

12. Site and supporting activities

X

13. Environmental Protection

X

14. Emergency planningX

15. Security and physical protection

X

16. Nuclear fuel cycle

X

17. Radioactive waste

X

18. Industrial involvement
19. Procurement

Source: CNESTEN, Morocco

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Contact: D.Ridikas@iaea.org

 Role of RRs in the context of national NPP programme
Number of staff trained at research reactors fornuclear power utilities,
nuclear industry, andnuclear safety authorities.
Country – Research Reactor
Austria, TRIGA Mark II, 250 kW
Czech Republic, LV-0, 5 kW
Germany, AKR-2
Italy, TRIGA Mark II, 250 kW
Slovenia, TRIGA Mark II, 250 kW

2009
15
31
50
47
41

Number of staff trained
2010
2011
15
15
51
33
44
25
47
24
32
70

However, “A research reactor constructed mainly or solely to support the introduction of nuclear power
may lose its principal value after the first NPPs are commissioned because a nuclear power programme
can be sustained without national research reactors.”

Source: IAEA NTR 2012 (Annex) “The role of RRs in Introducing Nuclear Power?”
26
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Activity: Cooperation with AONSA
Status:• Meeting in August 2009, ANSTO• Meeting in October 2010, KAERI• Annual AONSA neutron schools(Australia, India, JapanAustralia,
China, …)

Activities:• ANSTO as an IAEA CC• Exchange of information• Joint meetings & conferences(Korea 2010; Japan 2011, Malaysia 2012)
Future:• New regional IAEA TC project approved: awaiting for funding
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Activity: New RRs

CARR, China
1st criticality in May 2010; 72 hours at full power in 2012

•
•
•
•
•

60 MW, in core flux ~1*1015 n/(s cm2)
Fuel: 19% U-235, Moderator: H2O, Reflector: D2O
Replacement for 10MW HWRR (2007)
Multipurpose RR with the main objectives in basic research
Open to users from universities, governmental laboratories, industry

28
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Higher neutron fluxes?

J-PARCCARR PIK

29
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Major International Event in the area of RRs,
organized every 4 years
2011 Topics included:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Utilization & Applications of RRs
Operation & Maintenance
New RR Projects
Safety of RRs
Spent Fuel Management, Waste &Decommissioning
RR designers/providers+ Final panel discussion, including lessons
learned after the Fukushima Daiichi NPP
accident for the RR community~220 participants~120 papers presented~42 countries represented
Jointly organized by NA, NE, NS and TC(this time lead by Physics Section)
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161

Thanks for your attention & I wish you a successful Meeting!

31
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Activity: IAEA Collaborating Centres“Designation as a CC is a public recognition of the work that the institution is doing for
the IAEA. It can be regarded as an acknowledgement of being an internationallyrecognised player in the specified field, and as an expression of thanks by the IAEA.”ANSTO: Neutron Scattering Applications (since 2007)

TU Delft: NAA Based Methodologies (since 2009)32
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162

New CRP on automation of NAA (2012-2015)
Need for automation:• Irradiation stage: there are no automated irradiation facilities withsample changers commercially available.
• Measurement stage: only one company currently offers a sample
changer specifically for NAA.
• Analysis stage: there are no commercially available automatedsolutions for data processing and management after gamma-ray
spectrum analysis
Objectives:•Carry joint activities through the modular structure in developing andimplementing automated• data processing and analysis reporting• interaction with and control of sample changers• QA/QC procedures as a cross-cutting component.
•Strengthen optimization and competitiveness of NAA process byharmonized automation hardware and software
33

Kick meeting: later this year, 19 partners pre-selected to participate.
Contact: D.Ridikas@iaea.org

Proficiency tests of multi-elemental analysis (1)Since 2009, started in Africa• Choice of WEPAL (Wageningen Evaluating Programs forAnalytical Laboratories) as accredited proficiency test provider• Hiring of supporting expert-consultant• Identification of competent national counterparts• Preparation guidelines and set of deadlines• Choice of samples and selection of test cycles
SampleISE 2010-3

ISE 2010-4

IPE 2010-3

IPE 2010-4

1

861: Calcareous Clay

858: BraunerdePseudoclay

198: Banana/ Musea
paradisciana

133: Maize / Zea mays

2

961: Clay

998: Organic Ferrasol

175: Tulip (tuber)/
Tulipa I.

172: Cherry
Laurel/Prunus
laurocerasus

3874: Sandy Soil

872: Braunerde Clay

100: Grass (gr94)/
Poaceae180: Oil Palm (leaf)/
Elaeis guineensis

4872: Braunerde Clay

918: Sandy Soil

172: Cherry
Laurel/Prunus
laurocerasus

173: Virginia Creeper /Partenocissus
quinquefolia

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Proficiency tests of multi-elemental analysis (2)Scheduled follow up
Initiative includes ~30 NAA laboratories world-wide•After experience with Africa, similar proficiency tests were extended to
the NAA laboratories in Europe and Latin America•3rd round results (Dec. 2011) look promising:• In Africa, clear improvement is observed• In general, satisfying results by European laboratories• In Latin America, no major problems reported•4th round results (Mar. 2012) confirm the 1st round performance••Complete analysis will be available after follow up workshops in
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Active CRP 1575 (2009-2013):
Development, Characterization and Testing of Materials of Relevance to Nuclear Energy
Sector Using Neutron Beams (SANS, diffraction and neutron radiography)
Objectives:• investigation and characterization of materials relevant to nuclear energy applications• optimization and validation of experimental and modelling methods• creation of a database of reference data for nuclear materials research• enhancement of the capacity of research reactors for nuclear materials research
10 Research Contracts + 9 Research Agreements

Expected output:• Creation of multilateral network in the field of advanced nuclear materials research• Creation of an experimental reference database for models and calculations• Final project publication

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New CRP 1782 (2011-2014):
Application of neutron imaging with focus on cultural heritage research•

Initiated/discussed during IAEA Satellite meeting of WCNR in October 2010•

Designed/drafted during CM in September 2011 in Vienna•

Objectives:• Promote NI technology in order to enhance its utilisation in cultural heritage• Establish the necessary standardization procedures and methodology to achievesynergy among participating laboratories / facilities.
• Strengthen collaboration between the NI community involved in cultural heritage
research• Develop a database of standard NI-services for cultural heritage needs• Evaluate available software for data-analysis and simulation.

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19 Research Contracts and Agreements approved (out of 30 proposals)•

Kick of meeting took place on 7-11 May in Vienna

Responsible officer: A.Zeman@iaea.org, Physics-NAPC, IAEA
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Round Robin related to neutron imaging (1)
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Need of standard approach for facility characterization
Need of accepted procedures for standardisation
CM in Vienna in 2009
Discussions via e-mail and phone conferences
Round table discussion at WCNR 2010 in South Africa
Targeted meeting during RCM in China in 2011

 PSI designed and fabricated samples, developed
measurement protocol and data analysis procedure Presently: Brazil, Hungary, Portugal and South Africa Next: Poland, Malaysia, Argentina, Algeria
 After: Indonesia, Germany, Slovenia, South Korea
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Round Robin related to neutron imaging (2)39Contact: D.Ridikas@iaea.org

TM on Regional Research Reactor Users’ Networks(RRUNs): advances in neutron imaging
26 – 30 November 2012 ; Serpong-Jakarta, Indonesia
Topics:•On-going modernization or new projects of neutron imaging facilities•Advances in modern neutron imaging, e.g. energy-selective imaging, real-time
imaging, computed tomography, relation to neutron scattering techniques, etc.
•Role of neutron imaging in materials research and various industrial applications•Results of the IAEA Round Robin exercises using standardization samples•Share of good practices and strategies from international collaborations andnetworking in the field of neutron imaging; potential creation of users’ network on
neutron imaging.
Expected Output:
Preparation of report on present status and future development of neutron imaging
facilities and associated instrumentation
Share of good practices and lessons learned from international cooperation andmulti-user facilities
Critical evaluation of Round Robin results, available by this timeFormulation of recommendations and work-plan; potential creation of network
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TM on Use of Neutron Beams for High Precision ND
Measurements
10 – 14 December 2012 ; Budapest, Hungary
Topics:•Description and characteristics of neutron beam facilities for nuclear datameasurements•Description and characteristics of associated instrumentation and data acquisition
systems•On-going and future experimental programmes•Share of good practices and strategies from international collaborations in using
neutron beam facilities for nuclear data measurements.
Expected Output:
Meeting report summarizing present status and future development of neutron
beam facilities and associated instrumentation
Share of good practices and lessons learned from international cooperation andmulti-user facilities in this particular area.
Initial working material for the future publication “Compendium of Neutron Beam
Facilities for Nuclear Data Measurements”

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Out of more than 30 active national TC projects related to
RRs, 5 projects are related to neutron beams•

CPR0012 Improving the Use of a Neutron Texture Diffractometer for Material
Research and Industrial Applications•

EGY4048 Development of Neutron Irradiation and Beam Line Facilities for
Effective Use of the Research Reactor•

INS1023 Upgrading BATAN's Research Reactor Facilities•

MOR1007 Establishing Technical Expertise in INAA Automation and PGNAA
Installation for Applications in Environment, Agriculture, Industry, Health andHuman Sciences•

SAF1005 Establishing a Regional User Access Centre of Excellence in Neutron
Beam Line Applications

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New Publications: 2012-2013
 95% of contributions received
 Consultancy (final review) Meeting in May
 Submission to PC in June 2012

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New Publications: 2012-2013
 50% of contributions to chapters received
 95% of individual papers received
 Consultancy (final review) Meeting in September
 Submission to PC in October 2012

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