Newsletter From AONSAThe Asia-Oceania Neutron Scattering Association

Volume 4, No. 2 (December, 2012)

Farewell Banquet for the 5th AONSA Neutron School at the “YI HE YA YUAN” in Beijing

Index
President’s Message………………………………..P.1
8th EC Meeting ……………………………………..P.2
9th EC Meeting ……………………………………..P.3
Facility Directors Meeting………………………….P.4th

5 Neutron School……………………………….P.5~7
Event’s Report
・The Seminar and Workshop in Serpong, Indonesia……………………………………………………...P.8

Society Report………………………………….P.9~11
・ANBUG・KNBUA・NSSI・TWNSS
Facility Report……………………………….. P.12~14
・BARC
・HANARO・CSNS
Report from AONSA Office………………………P.15
Calendar…………………………………………...P.16

President’s message
Dr. Balebail Anantha Dasannacharya (retired from
BARC, India) has been selected as a recipient for the
2nd AONSA Prize for his pioneering contributions toneutron scattering in the Asia-Oceania region, throughhis early development of neutron spectroscopy and its
applications for the dynamics in low-temperatureliquids and molecular solids, and his active promotionof regional and international sciences as well as thenational user program in India. The Award Ceremonyand delivery of his Prize Lecture will be held on July12, 2013 during the upcoming ICNS at Edinburgh.

By Prof. Yasuhiko FUJII(JSNS, CROSS-Tokai)

Gathering Momentum
On October 27 this year, the 8th Executive Committee
met at Peking University, China withseveralhighlights to be reported as follows:

Congratulation, Anantha!

Prof. John White (ANBUG, ANU), the immediate Past
President of AONSA, is retiring from an official
advisor to the Board at the end of this year 2012. His
great contribution to our Association from its
preparation/establishment
andhisPresidential
leadership has been highly appreciated by all of us.

The China Neutron Scattering Society (CNSS)
formally joined AONSA as a regular member. It is thefirst society newly joining after AONSA established inAugust 2008. It’s our great pleasure to welcome
CNSS as the 6th regular member which has been
operated for the Chinese neutron community under its
President’s leadership by Prof. Hesheng Chen (IHEP,
Beijing).

On the occasion of the Workshop entitled “Structure
and Dynamics of Condensed Matter by Scattering
Methods” specially organized by Australian colleagues
to celebrate John on his 75th birthday (Hunter Valley,
Australia, Nov. 25-28, 2012), several past and present
Board members were present there as snapshot below.
We hope his continuous advice and encouragement for
AONSA.

Welcome, CNSS!

Thank you, John!

Happy faces snapshot during the Workshop Dinner at the winery in Hunter Valley.
From right; Sung-Min Choi (Secretary), Ailsa White, Mike Rowe (NIST), John White (Past President),
Yasuhiko Fujii (President), Wen-Hsien Li (Vice President), and Masa Arai (Past Secretary).

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Newsletter from AONSAEC Meeting

The 8th AONSA Executive Committee Meeting held in Kajang, Malaysia
The 8th AONSA Executive Committee (EC) Meeting
was held at Tenaga National Bhd Research andDevelopment (TNBR), Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia on
May 22, 2012. The meeting was attended by 18
participants and started with an opening remark by
President Yasuhiko Fujii acknowledging the great
efforts of Malaysian colleagues, especially Dr Abdul
Aziz Mohamed and Dr Faridah Mohamad Idris, fortheir excellent arrangements for the 8th EC meeting andthe 3rd Facility Directors’ meeting (which was held inconjunction with the EC). Dr Danas Ridikas (IAEA)
and Dr Supagorn Rugmai (SLRI, Thailand), who
attended as special observers, were warmly welcomedby all the EC participants. At the meeting, allparticipants enjoyed active discussions on various
issues.

These were followed by Association Reports andpresentations about SLRI (Thailand) and IAEA
Collaboration Centers.
The meeting was ended with a group photo of allparticipants.

The agenda of the meeting includes the duty statementsof the AONSA Board Members, the reports on the 2nd
AONSA Prize, the 5th AONSA neutron school to beheld in Beijing, summaries of the 1st AOCNS and the
1st Instrument Scientist Workshop held in Tsukuba,
2011, possible dates and venue of the 2nd AOCNS in
Australia, discussions on establishing an “AONSA
Visiting Fellows” program, possible collaboration withICSU and IUCr, the 2nd Three Presidents’ Meeting held
during the 1st AOCNS, a summary of cooperation with
AOFSRR, possible cooperation with Association of
Asia-Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS), and AONSASupporting Letter for the re-start of JRR-3.

Photo taken after the 8th EC meeting

All the participants also enjoyed the AONSA sessionof NuSTEC2012 (which was held at the same place a
day before the EC meeting) and a wonderful banquet
hosted by the Malaysian Nuclear Society. The minutesof the 8th EC meeting are posted on the AONSA
homepage.
Sung-Min Choi
Secretary of AONSA

Photo taken after the banquet hosted by the Malaysian Nuclear Society

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The 9th AONSA Executive Committee Meeting held in Beijing, China
The 9th AONSA Executive Committee (EC) Meeting
was held at Peking University, Beijing, China on
October 27, 2012. The meeting was attended by 15participants and started with an opening remark by
President Yasuhiko Fujii acknowledging the great
efforts of Chinese colleagues, especially Dr Dongfeng
Chen, Dr Yuntao Liu and Dr Songbai Han, for their
excellent arrangements of the 5th AONSA Neutron
School, the 4th Facility Directors’ Meeting and the 9th
EC Meeting.

All the participants enjoyed a wonderful dinner (kindly
hosted by Chinese colleagues) together with theparticipants of the 5th AONSA Neutron School.
The minutes of the 9th EC will be posted on the
AONSA homepage once they are approved.

In this meeting, the application of Chinese Neutron
Scattering Society (CNSS) for AONSA regularmembership was formally approved by the EC after an
overview of CNSS given by Dr Dongfeng Chen (VicePresident of CNSS). The joining of CNSS was highly
welcomed by all the EC participants.
The selection committee reported its nomination for
the recipient of the 2nd AONSA Prize (Dr Balebail
Anantha Dasannacharya, BARC, India), which was
highly appreciated and officially approved by the EC.
Other items of agenda include the reports on the 5th
AONSA Neutron School held in Beijing, China, the 6th
AONSA Neutron School to be held in Tokai, Japan in
2013, the selection of the host of the 7th AONSA
Neutron School (BATAN, Indonesia was selected
unanimously), a report from the organizing committeeof the 2nd AOCNS in Australia, a report on the
AONSA homepage design update, a follow-up
discussion on an “AONSA Visiting Fellow” document
prepared at the Facility Directors’ meeting, possible
collaborations with ICSU and IUCr, AONSA-NSSA
Presidents’ meeting held during ACNS 2012 in
Washington DC, cooperation with AOFSRR and
AAPPS, AONSA Supporting Letters for JRR-3, andpossible AONSA activities for the 2014 InternationalYear of Crystallography. These were followed by
Association and Facility Reports.

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Photo taken during the 9th EC meeting

Sung-Min Choi
Secretary of AONSA

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Facility Directors Meeting
Asia-Oceania Neutron Scattering Facility Director Meeting
Peking University, Beijing 26 October 2012
Construction of CSNS started in Oct 2011.
Construction of the LINAC will start next year andthere will be first beam in 2017. They are still waiting
for an operating licence for reactor. CIAE is waiting
for approval for funding for CARR fuel for 5 years atfull power. The current budget only allows low power
for 1 yr. BATAN, Indonesia has offered to host of theneutron school in 2014.

Six facility directors from CIAE, KEK, ISSP, ANSTO,
IHEP, and KAERI gathered in Peking University,
Beijing on 26 Oct. 2012. The AONSA President
attended as an observer. Facility web pages werereviewed. The current status of the ANSTO cold
source problem and the cold-guide replacement for
90% higher flux of the vertical reflectometer at
HANARO were presented, which had been discussed
at the last meeting. Dr Seto of KEK said that next
AONSA neutron school will be held in Tsukuba
possibly in June 2013.

As a special topic, Mr Lee of HANARO presented thestatus of software for data reduction, analysis,
visualization, and instrument control at HANARO. He
will send a table of HANARO software to all directors,
asking for them to complete tables for their facility andreturn them to him for distribution. Dr Yuntao Liu of
CIAE suggests that the current high-flux facilities in
the AO region are new enough that there is a goodchance for collaboration in development of softwaresystems. Dr Kennedy of ANSTO proposed developinga standard framework for “issues” discussion, e.g.
problems and solutions for technical issues and user
program issues. Dr Liu proposed to discuss plans for
new developments. Mr Lee will chair the meeting
another year and Dr Mitsu of ISSP will become
secretary in the following.
Kye Hong Lee
Director of KAERI, Korea

Meeting in Peking University, Beijing

The facility issues discussed in this meeting were as
follows. Flux degradation on cold guides at HANARO
has been observed in last two years. Repairs from theearthquake and tsunami damage to JRR-3M in March2011 were completed in FY 2011. However, a new
operational license has not yet been granted. The C1(13 elements) and C3 guides were replaced with m=3
guides in FY2011. ISSP and JAEA websites for users(submissions, schedule etc.) are being unified. An
English language website for JRR-3M is now open.
The accelerator of J-PARC is ready for 300 kW
operation. The operation cycle is currently 88 days, but
this will be increased to 98 days to accommodate theneutrino program. The LINAC will now operate until
end of July 2013 (i.e. 24 days into next FY), followed
by a shutdown for 6 months. The decision was taken to
replace all damaged guides and those expected to lastless than 10 years at OPAL. A contract for the
replacement of 72 m of guide was signed in late 2011.
Replacement will take place in the first quarter of 2013.
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Newsletter from AONSANeutron School
Report on the 5th AONSA Neutron School at CARR in China
universities and the institutes of the Chinese Academyof Sciences attended the theory lectures. Theory
lectures were delivered by 13 scientists. The data
analysis classes included small angle neutron scattering,reflectometry, powder diffraction and texture. The
students were divided into 6 groups and 2 students
from every group gave oral presentations concerning
their research work.

The China Advanced Research Reactor (CARR)
neutron scattering facility at the China Institute ofAtomic Energy (CIAE) is about to run as a newneutron science center in local area. The 60 MW
CARR at CIAE reached full power in March, 2012. It
is a tank-in-pool type reactor using a D2O reflector for
inverse neutron trap, and the expected optimal
undisturbed thermal neutron flux is 8×1014 n/cm2/s.
The reactor experiment hall houses a set of instruments
connecting to 9 horizontal thermal neutron beam tubes,
two of which are dual beam ports. Additionally, cold
neutrons produced by a liquid D2 cold source aretransported via 4 guide systems to the 30 × 60 m2 guidehall. CARR is a user facility. Neutron scattering andneutron imaging are major research programs at CARR
open to users from universities, industry andgovernment labs. The mission of the neutron scatteringlaboratory at CARR is to serve neutron users from
China and abroad for materials research with reliably
optimized, progressively upgradable, and safely
operated facilities with a devoted staff.

Data analysis classes at Peking University

The “5th AONSA Neutron School” was held from 2327 October 2012. The school was hosted by CIAE andPeking University (PKU). It was organized inassociation with the Chinese Neutron Scattering
Society (CNSS), the China Spallation Neutron Source(CSNS), and the China Center of Advanced Scienceand Technology (CCAST) in cooperation with the
IAEA.

1 General introduction to neutron scattering 1:
Introduction of neutron scattering theory and method Prof.
Wen-Hsien Li
2 General introduction to neutron scattering 2:
Introduction of neutron scattering facilities Prof. Shane
Kennedy
3 China Spallation Neutron Source Prof. Hesheng CHEN
4 Study of semantic phase and oxygen vacancies in someoxides by Neutron Scattering Prof. Hsiung Chou
5 Neutron scattering instruments at CARR and theirapplications Prof. Dongfeng CHEN
6 Neutron Reflectometer and its applications Prof. Yuntao
LIU
7 Powder neutron diffraction studies of magnetic materials
Prof. Jinbo YANG
8 Industry application of neutron scattering Dr. WanchuckWoo
9 Neutron and X-ray diffraction applied to materials
chemistry Prof. Chris Ling
10 Powder neutron diffraction applied to inorganic
chemistry Prof. Jianhua LIN
11 Neutron scattering studies of magnetic materials Prof.
Jae-Ho Chung
12 Small angle neutron scattering and its application on
polymers Prof. Mitsuhiro Shibayama
13 Spin echo neutron scattering and its application on softcondensed matter Prof. Hideki Seto

Group Photograph at the guide hall of CARR on Oct 25, 2012

Travel expenses of students from developing countries
were supported by IAEA and AONSA. Totally, 47
formal student participants from 10 local countries andregions had attended the neutron school. In addition,
more than 130 students and researchers from
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The program included a CARR visit, a Great Walltour, a welcome reception dinner, and a farewellbanquet are served at the “YI HE YA YUAN” – atraditional Beijing quadrangle courtyard – andeveryone had a taste of the famous “Beijing RoastDuck”.

We warmly thank all the invitees from the EC for
their visit to Beijing and kind contributions to makethe 5th AONSA Neutron School a very successful
event. We are also grateful to all the teachers fortheir very useful lectures. We would like toespecially thank AONSA for the opportunity toorganize the School.

Songbai HAN
China Institute of Atomic Energy

Student’s happy faces with their promising future at the Farewell
BanquetGroup Photograph of opening on Oct 24, 2012 at Peking University

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Newsletter from AONSANeutron School

Summary of AONSA Neutron Schools over the Last Five Years
The AONSA Neutron School, one of the mostimportant AONSA activities, has been very successful
over the last 5 years. The five Schools have been heldat KAIST in Korea (2008), ANSTO in Australia(2009), BARC in India (2010), ANSTO in Australia(2011), and CIAE and Peking University in China(2012).
So far, a total of 200 students from 12 countries in the
Asia-Oceania region have been trained through the
Schools. The Schools have provided students excellent
opportunities for making friendship among them who
are the future of neutron scattering science in theregion. The yearly cumulative number of students andthe distribution of students among participating
countries are summarized in the following two figures.

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The great efforts of all the hosting institutes, organizers
and lecturers, the financial supports of IAEA andAONSA, and of course all participating students formaking the Schools very successful are highly
appreciated by all AONSA colleagues.
The 6th and the 7th AONSA Neutron Schools arescheduled to be held at J-PARC in Japan (2013) and
BATAN in Indonesia (2014), respectively. The 6th
School at J-PARC will be the first AONSA Neutron
School to utilize a spallation neutron source.
Sung-Min Choi
Secretary of AONSA

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Seminar and Workshop on Exploring Soft Matter at the Nanometer Scale by
Small-Angle Scattering (SAS) in Serpong, Indonesia
Continuing on from the regional activities of the 2nd
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
Workshop on Small Angle X-ray Scattering(AWSAXS 2011) held from March 6 to 8, 2012 atSynchrotron Laboratory Research Institute (SLRI) in
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, a 3-day Seminar andWorkshop organized by the Indonesian Polymer
Association (HPI) in collaboration with the Indonesian
Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and National Nuclear
Energy Agency (BATAN) was held in Kawasan
Puspiptek Serpong, Indonesia from October 9 to 11,
2012. The event consisted of a one-day seminar at theCenter for Physics – LIPI and a two-day workshop at
the Neutron Scattering Laboratory – BATAN, attended
by the regional participants and focusing on
introducing and promoting “the Beauty of Small-angle
Scattering on Exploring the Soft Matter at Nanometer
Scale”. 60 local and regional participants attending theseminar on the first day were exposed to an
introduction, application, and facilities for SANS,SAXS and synchrotron from the invited speakers, Dr
Paul Ulrich Pennartz of Rigaku Innovative
Technologies, Germany, Dr Edy Giri Rachman Putra
of BATAN, Indonesia, and Dr Siriwat Soontaranon
representing Dr Supagorn Rugmai of the SynchrotronLight Research Institute (SLRI), Thailand.

data reduction and analysis and also some applications
in soft matters were presented. The participants werealso given an opportunity to visit the G.A. Siwabessy
reactor facility and experience on sample preparations
to synthesize micellar and polymer solutions, as wellas hands-on training using the small-angle neutron
scattering (SANS) spectrometer.

The group at the SANS facility in BATAN Serpong, Indonesia
during the workshop

This event was actually a continuing activity and also
the last in a series of seminars organized by HPI inorder to promote the SAS technique to local scientists.
A one-day seminar on X-ray Diffraction and SANS
techniques was held previously in LIPI – Bandung on
March 22, 2012 and then followed in Sentra Teknologi
Polimer (STP) – BPPT Serpong on May 29, 2012 on
the subject of SANS & SAXS: The New Probes on
Nanostructure Studies in Polymers, Material Science,
and Biology (http://hpi-polimer.org/).
Seeing as the SANS facility is available at BATAN
Serpong, Indonesia and the SAXS facility is at SLRI,
Thailand, the regional seminar and workshop were
designed to promote and attract new researchers in theregion, especially in Indonesia, to utilize both facilities
for polymer and other research.

The group photo during the Seminar at the Center for Physics,
Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
in Kawasan Puspiptek Serpong, Indonesia

Bringing our spirit as well as friendships andnetworking in the ASEAN region will revive andenhance neutron and X-ray users in the Asia-Oceania
region, through the AONSA and AOFSRR.

Following the seminar, a two-day workshop was
conducted at Neutron Scattering Laboratory, Center forTechnology of Nuclear Industrial Materials – BATAN
and attended by 22 participants. At the workshop,
lectures on basic theories of SANS, instrumentations,
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Edy Giri Rachman Putra
National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) Indonesia
and Indonesian Polymer Association
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Report from ANBUG

The provision of car(s) has been favorably received
and will be implemented in early 2013. The question ofaccommodation is still open due to budgetary
constraints at ANSTO, but space for such a facility
does feature in ANSTO’s long-term site plan, and theCEO of ANSTO has assured us that it remains part oftheir long-term plans.

ANBUG’s membership has continued to growfollowing a renewed initiative to contact new neutron
users through the OPAL User Portal. Our total
numbers are now over 370. A significant proportion ofthese will come together from November 7-9 for the
AINSE-ANBUG Neutron Scattering Symposium(AANSS 2012). We already have nearly 100 abstracts
for AANSS despite an exceptionally busy schedule ofmeetings in overlapping fields in our region in late2012, a testament to the strength of the community.
The prestigious ANBUG Prizes will be presented at
AANSS, as well as the outcomes of elections for new
members of the ANBUG Executive Committee and forthe position of Vice President. Note that the Presidency
will move to the current Vice President, Prof Evan
Gray, in 2013-14; and that the person elected Vice
President in the upcoming elections will become
President in 2015, the year of the 2nd AOCNS.

ANBUG has put considerable effort into obtaining
international travel funding for its members. The
President, Vice President and Past President are all
named on a major grant application to the Australian
Research Council seeking funding to replace theexpired Access to Major Research Facilities Program(AMRFP) from 2013-2017, focused on access tospallation neutron sources (ISIS, SNS and J-PARC).
The outcome of this application will be known in late
2012. The need for such a program was reinforced by
the fact that when the AMRFP received some funds toreopen applications in mid-2012, those funds were allcommitted within one week. In the meantime, we haveobtained a commitment from AINSE to fund limited
travel to the ISIS facility (only) until the end of 2012.

ANBUG has been particularly active on behalf of users
this year. Many of the issues that our domestic users
raise about facilities at the Lucas Heights site were
heard independently from overseas visitors, who used
OPAL in increased numbers following the temporary
unavailability of Japanese neutron sources in 2011-12.
This prompted ANBUG to officially request that
ANSTO and AINSE (the Australian Institute of
Nuclear Science and Engineering) consider:

Chris Ling
President, ANBUG(a) providing one or more cars for short-term use byvisiting scientists to access shops and restaurants,
especially outside normal working hours (a system thathas been very effective at the similarly isolated
Australian Synchrotron site); and(b) revisit the possibility of constructing a dedicatedVisiting Scientists Accommodation Facility in thevicinity of the Bragg Institute, to replace the outdated
and inadequate Lucas Heights Motel.

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Report from KNBUAHANARO Symposium 2012
The “HANARO Symposium 2012” was held at
KAERI on May 11, 2012. The symposium was hosted
by KAERI with MEST (Ministry of Education,
Science and Technology), KNS (Korean Nuclear
Society) and NRF (National Research Foundation of
Korea), in the theme of “New Prospects in the Neutron
Utilization Research”. More than 200 researchers andexperts from universities, research institutes andindustries attended at this symposium. Ninety-nine
research papers were presented in five technicalsessions: neutron beam utilization, radioisotopes, fueland material irradiation, neutron activation analysis
and research reactors.
HANARO Symposium 2012

Ki Bong Lee
POSTECH

Report from NSSI
review meetings of neutron projects supported by
UGC-DAE-CSR in March and October (see facility
report from BARC). UGC-DAE-CSR organized anawareness workshop at Gitam University, Vizag,
during January 26-27, 2012. About 50 faculty andstudents attended the workshop. Apart from othertopics, various aspects of neutron scattering along withneutron scattering facilities available at BARC werediscussed. An India-ORNL workshop on Exploring
Materials using SNS was organized on September 6
and 7, 2012 at JNCASR, Bengaluru supported by IndoUS S&T Forum to promote collaboration at ORNL.
About 40 scientists from India and about 10 fromORNL attended the meeting.

We are looking forward to the International
Symposium on Neutron Scattering to be held in
Mumbai during January 14-17, 2013. This event isbeing organized by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre inassociation with the Neutron Scattering Society ofIndia. We expect about 60 participants from abroad
and another 100 from within the country.
The Symposium will be preceded by a School on“Neutrons as Probes of Condensed Matter”, which is
being organized jointly by BARC and UGC-DAE-CSR.
The School will cover various aspects of neutron
scattering and the participants will also carry out
hands-on experiments using the neutron scattering
facilities at the Dhruva reactor.
Several neutron-related meetings were held during theyear 2012 in which members of NSSI were involved.
This included a theme meeting at BARC in March, andVolume 4, Number 2, 2012

Samrath Chaplot
BARC, Mumbai, India

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Newsletter from AONSASociety ReportNews from Taiwan Neutron Science Society (TWNSS)
Farewell and New Era

Prof. Chou, the First President from the SouthThe TWNSS annual meeting was held in December 1st.
Prof. Hsiung Chou was elected as the 3rd President of
the TWNSS during the meeting. After serving a 2-year
term, Professor Hsi-Mei Lai, the 2nd President of the
TWNSS was elected for serving at the Board ofSupervisors. The new Chairman of the Board ofSupervisors is Prof. Wen-Hsien Li.

Prof. Chou received his PhD from Columbia
University. He is a professor in the Department of
Physics, the National Sun Yat-Sen University(NSYSU). The NSYSU is located in Kaohsiung City,
where is in the heart of southern Taiwan. Kaohsiung is
also the second biggest city in Taiwan. Unlike the
National Central University and the National Taiwan
University, where the first and the second Presidents of
TWNSS affiliate with, respectively, Prof. Chou is thefirst TWNSS President from the university in southern
Taiwan. Prof. Chou’s research focuses on the physics
of the thin magnetic films.

Prof. Lai, the First Lady President
Prof. Lai was elected president in 2011. During her
presidency, Lai advocated for a wide variety oflegislation and programs. She signed into TWNSS
regulations to invite the National Synchrotron
Radiation Research Center (NSRRC) representatives tojoin the Boards of Supervisors and Directors,
respectively. She is also working with the NSRRC toinitiate the Neutron User Executive Committee for
Taiwan neutron users.
She made reform of the Annual Research Exhibition a
top priority. The TWNSS academic committee
succeeded in transforming a one-way education into
the two-way communication, which essentially became
the 1st TWNSS Student Poster Competition during thisannual fall meeting.

Prof. Chou's lecture in the TWNSS annual education
workshop,which was held in Tsengwen Youth Activity Center(Tainan County, Taiwan) during Nov. 30 to Dec. 2.

Welcome International Visitors
Professor Peter Holden, Director of the National
Deuteration Facility of the ANSTO, and Dr. Jason
Gardner of the NIST Center for Neutron Scattering
were invited to give the lectures during the TWNSS
annual meeting and workshop held on Nov. 30-Dec. 2.
There were total 113 attendees, including 26
researchers, 4 postdoctoral fellows and 83 students.
The student poster competition: the students were reporting theirneutron and synchrotron results.

Lai also presided over many enthusiastic outreachprograms for our young TWNSS. Last fall, Lai led agroup of more than 30 scientists and graduate students
to the 1st Asia-Oceania Conference on Neutron
Scattering (AOCNS), held in Tsukuba, Japan.
Like the AONSA Newsletter, a new-born TWNSS
Newsletter will debut soon to communicate with all the
TWNSS members more frequently. Each issue will
also include a series of the educational information tobroaden the neutron community in Taiwan.
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Dr. Holden and Dr. Gardner.

Hsi-Mei Lai
President, TWNSS
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Facility Report
National Facility for Neutron Beam Research, Dhruva reactor at BARC
Several meetings were organized during the year 2012
to promote neutron scattering activities. This included
a theme meeting at BARC during March 12-13, 2012,
to take stock of the status of neutron scattering researchin India and future planning. The meeting was attended
by Andrew Harrison, Director, Institut Laue-Langevin.
Review meetings of neutron projects supported by
UGC-DAE-CSR were held in March and October.
These led to several new project proposals.
At present there are about 40 active neutron projects
from users of various universities and research
institutions in India for experiments at the National
Facility for Neutron Beam Research at Dhruva under
the aegis of UGC-DAE-CSR and DAE-BRNS.

A new powder diffractometer replacing the old one
with higher throughput has been installed at one end of
the through-tube at the Dhruva reactor. This isspecially meant for magnetic structure studies. A new
cryomagnet (7 T at 1.5- 300 K) is being procured
shortly in addition to the one already available on
another diffractometer.

Samrath Chaplot
BARC, Mumbai, India

Inauguration Ceremony of the KIST-USANS Instrument at the HANARO Cold Neutron
Guide Hall, KAERIOn the 30th of November 2012, the Korea Institute of
Science and Technology (President, Dr. Moon, KilChoo) organized the inauguration ceremony of the
Ultra Small Angle Neutron Scattering (KIST-USANS)
at the HANARO cold neutron guide hall, Korea
Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Daejeon,South Korea. Several dignitaries from KAERI, KIST
and Korea Research Council of Fundamental Scienceand Technology (KRCF) attended the function. The
ceremony began with a presentation by Dr. Kim, ManHo, leader of the KIST-USANS project. Dr. Kim
briefly introduced the development history, funding
sources, and performance of the KIST-USANS
instrument to the scientific community.

A photo of the dignitaries at the HANARO cold neutron guide hallin front of the KIST-USANS instrument.

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His introduction was followed by a welcome address,by the President of the KIST. Dr. Moon, Kil-Choostated, “It is remarkable to extend the measurable size
from nanometer scale of SANS to micrometer scale in
USANS. I have never seen any instrument thatmeasures 4 orders in scale, which means we are
actually measuring 3 km in length with a 30 cm
standard ruler”. Chairman of KRCF, Dr. Kim Keon, in
his talk also said, “it is a good model for KIST and
KAERI to work together to develop the USANS
instrument”, and he also encouraged further
collaborations between the two prominent institutes in
Korea. President of KAERI, Dr. Jung, Youn Homentioned, how pleased he was to have the USANS
instrument at the cold neutron guide hall, and statedthat the USANS instrument would directly
complement the SANS instrument, enabling significant
achievements in the progress of scientific research.
Two members of KAERI staff, Dr. Cho, Sang Jin and
Director of Neutron Science Division, Mr. Lee, Kye
Hong, were also acknowledged by the KIST President
for the construction of the cold neutron guide hall andtheir contribution to the KIST-USANS instrument.
Around 50 scientists participated in the function and aphoto of the dignitaries is shown in Fig. 1. The
delegation was pleased to see preliminary data fromthe USANS instrument, highlighting the satisfactory
performance of the instrument.
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Facility Report

The morning function extended to the 2012 KISTKAERI Joint Symposium in the afternoon and there
were nine scientific talks on neutron scattering
instruments, alloys, polymers, biology, and energy
storage areas. Various areas where neutrons could be
used to characterize materials were discussed, and thestage seemed to be set for long term cooperation
between KIST and KAERI, on numerous scientificprojects.

Man–Ho Kim
KIST-USANS, Korea

Report from CSNSThe China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS)
isdesigned to provide multidisciplinary scientificplatforms for the neutron scattering research andapplication. The site of CSNS is located at Dongguan
city, Guangdong Province, China. The Institute ofHigh Energy Physics (IHEP) is in charge of the project.
CSNS will be a branch of IHEP.
Project Overview
CSNS comprises an 80-MeV H- linac, a 1.6-GeV
proton rapid cycling synchrotron (RCS) with arepetition rate of 25 Hz, beam transport lines, a solid
tungsten target station, and 20 spectrometers in theexperiment hall. Only 3 spectrometers (General
PurposePowder
Diffractometer,
Magnetic
Reflectometer, Small Angle Neutron Scattering) will
be available at the beginning. The RCS provides abeam power of 100 kW at Phase I. The beam energy ofLinac will be upgraded to 250MeV in Phase II, and theproton beam power on the target will be further
increased to 500 kW. The construction budget of
CSNS is 1.67 Billion RMB, which is about 250M US$.
400 new positions are allocated in CSNS.

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The project is the first large scientific facility in thesouth of China where the economy is growing rapidly.
The local Government is strongly supportive. It is
expected that CSNS construction and operation will
promote sciences and high-tech in the area. The facility
will be open to international users of neutron scattering.
Progress and Status
The project proposal was approved by the Chinese
central Government September 2008. The groundbreaking ceremony of CSNS was held October 20th,
2011. The civil construction began on May 5th, 2012.
The civil construction is going smoothly. The
installation of the Linac will start in September 2013.
The commissioning of the LINAC should start in
September 2014. The RCS commissioning will start inMarch 2016, and the first proton beam on target isscheduled for March 2017. CSNS operation will becommence in March 2018, 6.5 years after groundbreaking.
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The Fourth Review Meeting of the CSNS International
Advisory Committee was held at IHEP Beijing
September 22- 24, 2012. 19 committee members
reviewed the progress of the project and the detailed
design of CSNS accelerator, target station andinstrument systems. They gave much valuable advice
on the design, construction, commissioning andneutron scattering application of CSNS, as well as toits mid- and long-term development.

The R&D for major components of CSNS started in2006. More than 30 prototyping items (covering most
key technologies of accelerator and experimental
system) have been completed. The mass production of
the accelerator and conventional facility components
started in 2012.

Hesheng Chen
Project Manager, CSNS

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Report from AONSA Office

Ms. Junko Akutsu has moved to another position at JPARC as of October 1, 2012, after her excellent workas Secretary of AONSA Office over the last two years
during which AONSA has grown very rapidly. She dida great job on the preparation of the 1st AOCNS, the 1st
AONSA Prize, several EC meetings and AONSA
Neutron Schools, arrangement of Bank accounts,
editing the AONSA Homepage and Newsletters, andmuch else besides. Her excellent work andcontributions to AONSA are greatly appreciated by all
AONSA colleagues. Ms. Yukino Inoue, one of Masa
Arai’s secretaries, has succeeded Ms. Junko as a new
Secretary of AONSA Office. All AONSA colleagues
warmly welcomed her joining the AONSA Office andgreatly appreciate her excellent work since then. The
continuing generous support of Masa Arai for the
AONSA Office is highly appreciated by all AONSA
colleagues.

(from the left) Yasuhiko Fujii, Junko Akutsu, Yukino Inoue andMasa Araiin front of the AONSA OfficeSung-Min Choi
Secretary of AONSA

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Calendar of AONSA Activities(as of 2012/Dec.)

Year 2012
4/20
5/22
7/29-8/2
10/23-10/27
10/27
11/7-11/9
11/18-11/23
11/25-11/28
11/26-11/30
12/2-12/6
12/17

AONSA Newsletter Vol.4 No.1 (April 2012)
The 8th AONSA EC Meeting (Kajang, Malaysia)
M2S-X (Washington DC, USA)The 5th AONSA Neutron School (Beijing, China)
The 9th AONSA EC Meeting (Beijing, China)
The 10th AINSE-ANBUG Neutron Science Symposium (Lucas Heights, Australia)
The 15th International Small-Angle Scattering Conference (Sydney, Australia)
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)
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Year 2013
1/14-1/17
6/16-6/20
6/x
7/8-7/12
7/9
7/12
7/14-7/19
12/1-12/4

The 2nd International Symposium on Neutron Scattering /ISNS (Mumbai, India)
The 6th Neutron School ( Tokai, Japan)
The 10th EC Meeting (Tokai, Japan; during the 6th AONSA Neutron School)
The 10th International Conference on Neutron Scattering (Edinburgh, UK)
AONSA Regional Meeting during ICNS2013(Edinburgh, UK)
AONSA Prize Award Ceremony (during ICNS, Edinburgh, UK)
The 12th Asia-Pacific Physics Conference/APPC(Chiba, Japan)
AsCA 2013(Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Year2014
TBD
8/5-8/12

The 7th AONSA Neutron School (Serpong, Indonesia)
The 23rd IUCr Congress and General Assembly (Montreal, Canada)
Location of AONSA Office(Secretary: Yukino Inoue)
Neutron Science Section, Materials & Life Science Division,
J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)
2-4 Shirakata-Shirane, Tokai, Ibaraki, JAPAN 319-1195
Phone: +81-29-284-3752
Fax: +81-29-284-3889
Email address: inoue.yukino@jaea.go.jp
For more information: http://www.aonsa.org

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