Minutes of the 4th AONSA Executive Committee Meeting
Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, Singapore
May 22, 2010

Contents
Main Text of Minutes -------------------------------------------------------------- 2
Appendix 1 Minutes the Board Meeting on March 13, 2010 -----------------14
Appendix 2 Rules for EC Nomination and Appointment --------------------- 38
Appendix 3 AONSA Annual Fee and Budget Plan ---------------------------- 39
Appendix 4 Guidelines for AONSA Prize proposed by Working Group --- 40
Appendix 5 Guidelines for Operation of AONSA Schools ------------------- 44
Appendix 6 Report from the 3rd AONSA Neutron School 2010 ------------- 45
Appendix 7 Report from the 4th AONSA Neutron School @ Tokai --------- 46
Appendix 8 Plan for The 1st AONSA Conference (AOCNS) ----------------- 49
Appendix 9 Guide Lines for AOCNS -------------------------------------------- 50
Appendix 10 Procedures to decide the host and location of AOCNS -------- 52
Appendix 11 Calendar of AONSA Activities ------------------------------------ 53
Appendix 12 Directories and File Naming for AONSA Archive ------------- 54
Appendix 13 Neutron Association Reports -------------------------------------- 56
Appendix 14 Neutron Facility Reports ------------------------------------------- 103* Note: The minutes of the Board Meeting on March 13, 2010 have its own appendixes.

1Minutes of the 4th AONSA Executive Committee MeetingDate: 9:00-16:45 on May 22, 2010 (Saturday)
Place: Institute of Materials Research & Engineering (IMRE), Singapore
Participants: 14 participants[Board Members]
John White (President, ANU), Sung-Min Choi (Secretary, KAIST)
Mahn Won Kim (past-President, Advisor, KAIST)
Masatoshi Arai (past-Secretary, Advisor, J-PARC/JAEA)[Members]
Brendan Kennedy (U. of Sydney), Chih-Hao Lee (National Tsinghua U.),
Ki-Bong Lee (POSTECH), Kazuyoshi Yamada (Tohoku U.)[Observers]
Shane Kennedy (on behalf of Rob Robinson, Bragg Institute/ANSTO)
Kye Hong Lee (HANARO/KAERI)
Edy Giri Rachman Putra (on behalf of Gunawan, BATAN)
Adbul Aziz Mahamed (Malaysian Nuclear Agency)
Megat Harum Al-Rashid Megat Ahmad (Malaysian Nuclear Agency)
Wim Klooser (Amethyst Scientific Consulting LLP)

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1. Opening Remarks by President, John White
The meeting was started with opening remarks of President, John White, and noted
the help and hospitality of Prof. Andy Hor, Director-elect of Institute of Materials
Research and Engineering (IMRE) to arrange the EC meeting at the IMRE in
Singapore. This was highly appreciated by all EC participants. This was followed by
self-introduction of participants.
2. Approval of Agenda
The agenda of the 4th AONSA EC meeting was approved by the EC.
3. Approval of the Minutes of the 3rd AONSA EC Meeting in Beijing
The minutes of the 3rd AONSA EC meeting in Beijing (included in Appendix 1) wasapproved by the EC.
4. Reports of the AONSA Office.
Recent activities of the AONSA office were reported to the meeting, which include- The Board meeting held on March 13, 2010, in Tokyo.
- Informal AONSA meeting held on March 24, 2010, in Tsukuba.
- Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 1, published in February 2010.
- New AONSA website address (http://www.aonsa.org).
5. Approval of the Minutes of the Board Meeting in Tokyo on March 13, 2010.
The minutes of the Board meeting was approved by the EC.
6. Discussions and Decisions
6.1 Formal Matters
6-1-1. New AONSA EC Members and Observers (2010-2011).
- New AONSA EC members and observers were reported to the EC and approved.
6-1-2. Positions of Immediate Past President and Secretary- Following the recommendation described in the minutes of the Board meeting
held on March 13, 2010, it was proposed to the EC that the immediate past
President and Secretary should be advisors to the Board for one year and they
are ex-officio members of EC without voting power for this period. The change3

of Articles to accommodate the proposal was also proposed to the EC.
- It was proposed by an EC member (B. Kennedy) that the position of immediate
past-President should be handled separately from that of immediate pastSecretary. It was proposed that the immediate past-President should be anadvisor to the Board for one year and he/she is an ex-officio member of the EC
for this period (by the definition of EC member, he/she has a full voting
power.). On the other hand, the position of immediate past-Secretary should be
the same as it was proposed in the minutes of Board meeting (an advisor to theBoard and an ex-officio member of EC without voting power for one year).
- The revised Proposal described above was unanimously approved by the 6attending EC members by voting and the change of Articles (5.1 Board,underlined) to accommodate this was approved by the EC.
<Change of Articles>
Article 5: Organisation of the Committee
5.1 Board
The Committee will nominate a Board which will represent the association
between formal meetings. It will comprise the President, the Vice-President,
the Treasurer and the Secretary. The holder of each of these positions will beelected by the committee from amongst the current registered delegates. The
normal term of office will be 2 years. The President then becomes an ex-officio
member of the Committee. In normal circumstances, the Vice-President will
succeed to the Presidency at after 2 years. The immediate Past-President andPast-Secretary should be advisors to the Board for one year. The
immediate Past-President is an ex-officio member of the Committee forthis period. The immediate Past-Secretary is an ex-officio member of theCommittee without voting power for this period.
- Note: The Article 7 (Modifications to the Articles) states that ‘Any modification
to the Articles of Association shall require the approval of more than one half of
all registered delegates at formal meetings of the Committee. One month’s
notification in advance of any proposed modification is required’.
Since the minutes of Board meeting on March 13, 2010 which contains the
proposal for the modification of Articles related to the position of immediate
past-President and past-Secretary was circulated among the EC members morethan one month ahead of time, the change of the Articles described above is4

legitimate. This was discussed and approved by the EC members before thevoting for the change of Articles.
6-1-3. Rules for EC Nomination and Appointment- The rules for EC nomination and appointment recommended by the Board(included in Appendix 2) was approved by the EC.
6.2 Process Matters6.2.1 An efficient way of communication among Board and EC members.
- To set up an efficient way of communication among Board and EC members,‘Virtual Board Meeting’ was proposed and approved by the EC.
- Virtual Board Meeting: President, vice-President and Secretary make a draft
minutes of the discussions by email into a set of paragraphs (a summary of
discussions) for the whole Board to approve. The Board circulates the minutes ofvirtual Board meeting to the EC members and uses it to prepare the agenda of
EC meeting.
- The circulation of the agenda of EC meeting should be made at least one month
before EC meeting.
- A follow-up virtual Board meeting should be held at least within one month after
EC meeting.
- These arrangements were approved by the EC.
6.3 Financial Matters6.3.1 Annual Fee and Budget Plan for the fiscal year of 2010.
- The Annual Fee and Budget Plan for the fiscal year of 2010 (included inAppendix 3) was presented by S.M. Choi on behalf of W. H. Li.
- ANBUG, JSNS, KBNUA and TWNSS have paid their annual membership fee
for the year of 2010. The payment by INSS has not been made yet.
- The itemized expense (including the remittance charges occurred during annual
fee payments and the charge for new AONSA website address) and current
balance were reported and approved by the EC.
- It was approved that while all the remittance charges from the sending andreceiving banks during annual fee payments should be paid by senders, theremittance charge in the receiving bank can be covered by AONSA office, if
necessary.
- A budget plan for the fiscal year of 2010 was proposed and approved by the EC.

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The budget plan includes 1) Support for students to attend the 3rd AONSA
Neutron School in India ($3,000), 2) Expenses for the EC meetings and Working
Group meeting (total $2,000), and 3) AONSA Office general expense ($500).
- It was approved by the EC that, for efficient operation of AONSA, somedifference between the plan and actual uses within a reasonable range should be
granted and reported to the EC meeting afterward. (It was noted that sometimes,
for example, at the Beijing and Singapore EC meetings, the expenses provided
for in the budget were saved because of the generosity of the host organization.)
6.3.2 AONSA Prize Fund.
- It was agreed that the AONSA Prize Fund should be funded by sources otherthan the AONSA annual membership fee.
- The AONSA Office will set up a new bank account for the AONSA Prize Fundwhich will be raised through donations or other ways.
- Currently, major neutron facilities have secured or are seeking fund for donations.
The HANARO and Bragg Institute got their internal approvals for donations of$5,000 each for the AONSA Prize Fund, and J-PARC is currently processing it
for approval.
6.3 Report from the Working Group for AONSA Prize- The report of the Working Group (WG) chaired by Y. Fujii (included inAppendix 4) was presented by B. Kennedy, which includes 1) Details of WG, 2)
WG Members, 3) Action Reports & Plans, and 4) Draft Guidelines for AONSAPrize.
- The excellent work of WG was highly appreciated by all EC participants.
- Most of the draft Guidelines for AONSA Prize reported by WG were agreed by
the EC.
- The following changes to the draft Guidelines for AONSA Prize were suggested
and agreed by the EC.
(1) AONSA PrizeFrom
b. Aim of Prize: To recognize outstanding research career with a significant
impact in the use or development of neutron science or technology in the
Asia-Oceania Region.
To

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b. Aim of Prize: To recognize outstanding research career with a significant
impact or contribution to the use or development of neutron science or
technology in the Asia-Oceania Region.
(2) Nomination
From
a. Nomination shall be opened to anyone whose work has significantly
impacted in the Asia-Oceania Region.
To
a. Nomination shall be opened to anyone whose work has significantly
impacted or contributed to the Asia-Oceania Region.
From
b. Anyone (not a member of the AONSA Prize Selection Committee) may
submit one nomination or seconding letter for the prize. Self-nomination
should be excluded.
Tob. Anyone (not a member of the AONSA Prize Selection Committee) may
submit one nomination or seconding letter for the prize.
Note: The changes of 1-b and 2-a were made to make the candidacy of possible
recipients of AONSA Prize more inclusive rather than too restrictive.
 The change of 2-b was made to avoid possible unfair elimination of goodcandidates from nominations. There was some concern that this change
may result in too many nominations for the selection committee to handle.
However, it was agreed that this concern can be resolved by therequirement of at least two seconding letters for nomination.
- It was suggested and agreed by the EC that the airfare of recipient(s) andmonetary prize should be covered by AONSA and the registration fee ofrecipient(s) should be covered by Conference at which the AONSA Prize isawarded.
* According to B. Kennedy, in the ICNS 2005, Sydney, the registration fee ofthe recipient of ENSA Award (Walter Halg Prize) was waived by the
Conference.

76.4 AONSA Neutron School.
6.4.1 Guidelines for AONSA Neutron School.
- The guidelines for AONSA Neutron School (included in Appendix 5) were
presented and approved by the EC.
- It was agreed that ‘The x-th AONSA Neutron School’ should be used as an
official name. (Not AONSA Summer School or AONSA Neutron Summer
School).
- The School should be advertized to other countries in the Asia-Oceania Region
such as Vietnam, Thailand and so on. This will be discussed in the follow-up
Board meeting as a part of ‘Reach-Out Actions’.
- Since it was noticed that there are some interests from outside of the AsiaOceania Region to attend the School, the School may allow one or two
exceptions for acceptance from outside of the Asia-Oceania Region.
6.4.2 Report from the 3rd AONSA Neutron School in India.
- The Report (included in Appendix 6) was presented to the EC by S.M. Choi onbehalf of S.L. Chaplot, which includes the schedule, website, international
lecturers, selection of students, and AONSA/IAEA supports for travel ofstudents from developing countries.
- The great efforts of the organizers of the 3rd AONSA Neutron School werehighly appreciated by all EC participants.
- 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 is stated in the Guidelines for AONSA Neutron
School, it is desirable that the registration fee (200 USD) of the students
supported by AONSA is waived by the School. This was not discussed 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.)- ANBUG (5 students) and KNBUA (possibly 5 students) are in the process of
selecting students who will be supported by their own organizations. The
results will be informed to the organizer of the School.
- It was asked by the EC members if the application deadline for the School(May 31, 2010) is firm. It is desirable that the deadline is extended to someextent and Secretary, S.M. Choi, will communicate with the School organizers

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on this matter.
6.4.2 Report from the 4th AONSA Neutron School, 2011, in Japan.
- The tentative plan of the 4th AONSA Neutron School in Japan (included inAppendix 7) was presented by M. Arai on behalf of M. Shibayama, which
includes 1) Date and Place, 2) Budget, 3) Accommodation, 4) Dinning, 5)Program, 6) Facility, 7) Information/homepage, and 8) Committees.
- The great efforts of the organizers of the 4th AONSA Neutron School in Japan
were highly appreciated by all EC participants.
- It was agreed by the EC that the International Advisory Committee for the
School should include EC observers as well.
6.5 Asia-Oceania Conference on Neutron Scattering (AOCNS).
6.5.1 Plan for the 1st AONSA Conference (AOCNS)- The tentative plan for the 1st AOCNS in Japan (included in Appendix 8) waspresented by K. Yamada on behalf of T. Kanaya, which includes 1) Dates andPlace, 2) Preparatory Committee, 3) International Advisory Board and 4)
International Scientific Program Committee.
- The great efforts of the Preparatory Committee of the 1st AOCNS were highly
appreciated by all EC participants.
- The International Advisory Board and International Scientific Program
Committee have not been formed yet. The members will be decided in the next
EC meeting in India (This should be included in the agenda of the EC meetingin India).
- We should find a way to advertise the AOCNS to more broad communities
beyond AONSA. (Action for "follow up" Board meeting)
6.5.2 Guidelines for the AOCNS- The guidelines for AOCNS (included in Appendix 9) were presented by K.
Yamada on behalf of T. Kanaya, which includes 1) General Issues, 2) ScientificIssues, and 3) Budget.
- The excellent work of the Preparatory Committee of the 1st AOCNS to prepare
the Guidelines was highly appreciated by all EC participants.
- It was agreed by the EC that the Liability and Profit of AOCNS should beappropriately shared by AONSA and host country.
- It was suggested that a small AONSA fee (10 USD for example) should be9included in the Registration fee of AOCNS, which will allow AONSA to secure
additional funds for AONSA Prize or others.
6.5.3 Procedure to decide the host and location of AOCNS- The procedure to decide the host and location of AOCNS (included inAppendix 10) was presented by S.M. Choi, which includes 1) Basic Principles
and 2) Procedures.
- The procedure was approved by the EC.
- It should be decided at which EC meeting we should decide the next AOCNS.
There are two possibilities, the EC meeting just before the AOCNS or the EC
meeting during the AOCNS.
6.5.4 Support for ICNS 2017 in Korea- As it was discussed in previous EC meetings, Korea has proposed to host ICNS
2017.
- It was agreed that AONSA will support Korea to host ICNS 2017.
6.6 AONSA Newsletter
6.6.1 Report for AONSA Newsletter- The report for AONSA Newsletter was presented by S.M. Choi, which includes
1) Purpose and 2) Schedule of Newsletter.
- The purpose of Newsletter are advertisement of each society’s activities andsharing of expertise.
- The schedule of Newsletter is late April and late October + Special Issue each
two years in the form of February 2010 issue.
- It was suggested that the Newsletter should contain contact information for
submitting contributed articles.
- It was agreed that the EC members and observers should be responsible for
distributing the Newsletters to their own communities.
- It was suggested that we should find a way to distribute the Newsletter tobroader communities. This will be discussed in the follow-up Board meeting as
a part of ‘Reach-Out Actions’.
- Wim Klooster kindly volunteered to distribute the Newsletter to the South-East
Asia Region.
6.7 Calendar of AONSA Activities10

- The updated Calendar of AONSA activities and other related activities(included in Appendix 11) was presented by S.M Choi.
- The schedules of the next face-to-face Board Meeting and the 5th AONSAEC Meeting in India are agreed to be held on October 4th (Mon), 2010 and
October 5th (Tue), 2010, respectively, during the 3rd AONSA Neutron School in
India. (Note: The organizers of the School in India proposed the 5th AONSA EC
meeting to be held on October 9th or 10th 2010. However, it was pointed out thatthese proposed schedules are rather inconvenient for most of EC members.)
ACTION for "follow up" Board meeting.
- It was suggested and agreed that the Calendar of AONSA Activities may
contain events of local communities relevant to AONSA. To be included in the
Calendar, the EC member and observer societies should send their events to the
AONSA Office.
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 scientificassociations 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 Academyof Science, Professor Bruce McKellar. The vice President and President met
Prof Reiko Kuroda, the ICSU Vice President in Tokyo, on 20 March,
6.8.2 Discussions with IAEA, IAEA Regional Meeting 2010
- A communication regarding the recent IAEA CM meeting (August 12-14, 2009at ANSTO, Sydney, Australia) and the follow-up IAEA CM meeting (October
27-29, 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 indicatethat the Research Reactor Utilization with emphasis on education, science andapplications with neutron beams is one of the recommended priorities.
6.8.3 Relations with IUCr
- Recent activities and possible future activities with IUCr were presented by S.

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Kennedy, which includes bilateral collaborations of AONSA and IUCr on
projects for our region - each supporting the other".
6.8.4 AONSA Archive- Directory and file naming for AONSA Archive (included in Appendix 12) was
reported.
7. Discussions among South-East Asian Colleagues- During the lunch time, Edy Giri Rachman Putra (Indonesia), Abdul Aziz
Mohamed (Malaysia), Wim Klooster (Singapore) and Megat Harum Al-Rashid
Megat Ahmad (Malaysia) had informal discussions on collaborative neutron
activities in the South-East Asian region and formation of South-East Asia
regional neutron association. The result of their discussion was reported to the
EC at the beginning of the afternoon session,- Summary of Discussion (by Wim Klooster).
To have a short version of our (MY, IND, SG) discussion: We are interested insetting up a neutron society for SE Asia, including MY, IND and SG, but also
open to people from Thailand, Vietnam and others from SE Asia who might beinterested in the use of neutrons. We will have to work out the details of how to
set up an international society, how this society will be represented at AONSA,
how to pay the fees, etc etc. With the help of AONSA we should be able tocome to a satisfactory solution. In the meantime, we will work on trying togrow the local communities of neutron users.
- President, John White, strongly encouraged the activities of South-East Asiancolleagues and the EC agreed that AONSA will support their activities to forma neutron society of SE Asia.
8. Reports from Neutron Associations- Recent activities of neutron associations were reported to the EC (included inAppendix 13).
- ANBUG (Brendan Kennedy)- INSS (S.M. Choi for Samrath Chaplot)- JSNS (Kazuyoshi Yamada)- KNBUA (Ki Bong Lee)
- TWNSS (Chih-Hao Lee)
- Indonesian Neutron Community (Edy Giri Rachman Putra)12

- Malaysian Neutron Community (Abdul Aziz Mohamed)- Chinese Neutron Community (S.M. Choi for Chun Loong)
9. Reports from Neutron Facilities- Current status and recent progress of neutron facilities in the region werereported to the EC (included in Appendix 14).
- ANSTO (Shane Kennedy)- BARC (S.M. Choi for Samrath Chaplot)- J-PARC & JRR-3 (Masatoshi Arai & Mitsuhiro Shibayama)- HANARO (Kye Hong Lee)
- SIKKA (Chih-Hao Lee)
- BATAN (Edy Giri Rachman Putra)- CSNS (M. Arai for Fangwei Wang)- CARR & CPHS (S.M. Choi for Chun Loong)
10. Closing Remarks- The 4th AONSA EC meeting was closed with closing remarks by President,
John White.
11. Additional Activities- After the EC meeting, an introductory presentation about the activities of
IMRE (which hosted the EC meeting) was given by Prof. Andy Hor and hiscolleagues. This was followed by a lab tour and a dinner generously hosted by
IMRE.

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Appendix 1
Minutes the Board Meeting on March 13, 2010Date: March 13, 2010 (Sat.)
Place: JAEA Tokyo Office, Tokyo
Participants:
J. White (President), Y. Fujii (vice-President)
S.-M. Choi (Secretary), W.-H. Li (Treasurer)
M.W. Kim (past-President), M. Arai (former Secretary)
Y. Sugikawa (Secretary of AONSA Office)Acceptance of the Agenda
At President's suggestion - agreed this item will be added always for members
Report on 14 January 2010 informal meeting (SENDAI)At President's suggestion this report was accepted and this process will be followed forall such informal meetings.
Report on e-mail correspondence between Board members since 14 January 2010.
("Virtual meetings")
To prepare items for the Agenda of the Executive there has been e-mail correspondence
between Board members between January 2010 and March 2010. This was systematized
to gather input for the 13 March Board meeting. The whole discussion is attached,
Appendix 1.
In the course of this correspondence it was realized that we were having a "virtual
meeting". This practice has been used by the International Union of Pure and Applied
Physics with good effect.
For formality, the Board was asked to go through the attached correspondence and theminutes below are taken from the approved correspondence and the ensuing discussion.

All recommendations are in black

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1.Formal mattersa. Approval of Beijing EC meeting minutes.
Board Agrees - it is accepted already.
b. Approval of Executive Committee membership 2010-2011•
The EC member and observer list is complete and attachedexcept the position of immediate Past President and Chinese
observers.
The list is attached as Appendix 2•
Role of Past President and Secretary arising from this agenda
item (Sun-Min Choi (29-1-10)). (The President and past
President left the room for this):
Agreed Immediate Past President and Secretary should be advisor
to Board for one year. They are ex-officio members of Executive
without voting power for this period.
(It was also agreed that the former Secretary and President shouldbe "observers for 13-3-2010 meeting)This should be approved by next EC for a change of articles.
•
Letter to Chinese Colleagues with proposed observer
membership. Appendix 3(c)

RULES for EC NOMINATION and APPOINTMENT
The Secretary suggested draft rules for nomination (Sung-Min30-1-10)
Agree to recommend to the Executive(1)
Nomination Process. The Board on behalf of the EC
requests nominations by the second EC meeting in the second year of
any Presidency and informs the EC.
(2)
The EC is then formed for the next Presidency from thosepresented formally by current "paying regular member" society
Presidents. Normally only members of the Nominating Society canbe nominees.
Secretary collects all of these proposals and presents to Board at next
meeting. President announces the new Executive at the beginning15

of new Presidency.
NOTE some Associations have been given three years to become
paying members and these Associations can nominate Executive
members.

b) EC Observers
Once one observer from each major neutron facility (which waslisted as one of the major neutron facilities in a previous term)is recommended, he/she will be honored automatically unless there isany clear conflict.
Discussion and Agreement:(1)
Observer status is one way in which AONSA can welcome
new associations. The EC encourages movement fromobserver status of Societies to full membership to keep abalance EC membership.
(2)

ACTION

Nomination Process. The Board on behalf of the EC
collects nominations..

Sung-Min will draft a letter relating to AONSA categories ofObserver status.

2. Process matters
We need to set up an efficient way of communication among Board
and EC members.
i. We need to decide whether we will have "virtual" Board
meetings and formal process. If we decide to have ‘virtual’Board meetings, what are the formal procedure andschedule?
ACTION

Discussion on 13 March 2010: Present process should be improved sothat President Vice President and Secretary make draft minute of16

the discussions by e-mail into a set of paragraphs for the whole
Board to approve.
Board Recommends to Executive that minutes of "virtual
Meetings between Board members be made for Board to use inpreparation of EC agendas.

3.

Approval of meeting Schedule
Face-to-face EC and Board meetings 2010.
14 January informal Board Meeting (SENDAI)
13 March Board meeting Tokyo
24 March Informal Executive meeting at ASEMS, TSUKUBAACTION

need a face to face EC meeting soon. When and Where. Objective
Singapore JWW to find possibilities and report.
May EC meeting SINGAPORE date under discussion 1/5 or 7/5 or22/5
4 October in India. EC Decided during the Summer School ( 3 to 9
October)
30 October - 4 November informal EC meeting Korea Questionaire to
EC meeting - how many EC members are coming to AsCA or Hanaro.
about 30 October or 31 October in Busan. or 3 or 4 November in Hanaro.

ACTIONJWW to contact the EC - tell them a possible agenda and ask to fillout availability in April and May

4. Financial Matters
From Treasurer: Dues remaining to be paid:
Due: 2009 INSS
2010 INSS, TWNSS(processing)
ACTIONACTIONACTION

need to get efficient transfers - how much do banks charge - this tobe minimized if possible.
WHL to monitor this.
We need to prepare the budget plan for this fiscal year. (This will
be submitted to EC for approval.)
WHL will do this17

ACTIONS

WHL(1)2009 Budget had in it $2000 reserved for neutron School. Not
spent
(2)
$500 was allocated for the AONSA EC meeting in Beijing. But
since Chinese colleagues paid the bill for dinner, it was not
used.
(3)

Need for new Account for AONSA award. The AONSAAward is planned to be funded by sources other than the
AONSA annual fee. Therefore, the AONSA Office will set
up a new bank account for the AONSA Award Fund which
will be raised through donations.

(4)

Need an operation Budget of AONSA this to be done by
WHL as draft for Board to include in papers for EC in May.

(5)

The AONSA office will try to minimize the handling charge by
the receiving bank which occurs during payment of Annual Fee.
However, if it occurs it will be paid by the AONSA office. It is
about $45 per transfer of annual fee this year.

(6)

A tentative budget to support students to attend Neutron
School is $3,000 and a tentative operation budget of
AONSA is ca. $1,000. Therefore, ca. $4,000 is expected to
be spent in 2010 and the left over will be accumulated forlater use.
•
The items needed for the operation of AONSA will
be listed.
•
It should be noted that the actual operation budget may
be slightly different from the plan.
•
Therefore, for efficient operation of AONSA, somedifference between the plan and actual use within areasonable range should be granted and reported to the
EC meeting afterward.

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5. AONSA AWARDAONSA award - establishment of the working group at March 13
meeting. Report of the group to the Board and then the next Executive.
Membership and function of a working group to prepare rules fornomination and selection.
ACTIONS

Agreed Working group to define rules - The group (includes Chair)should have 5 members requested by Chair from "regularmembers - including India",) Vice President is Chair. He will
accept the working group from the suggestions. Report for face toface EC in May.
Decision of the rules at 2nd Face to face EC 2010. One big award
for 2011. We should discuss the general philosophy of AONSAAward at EC meeting May 2010

6. AONSA School 2010(a)
India School 2010
Guidelines for the School (Beijing meeting 2009) Appendix 4(b)Discuss Vice President's paper Small Science at Large Facilities re
AONSA School 4-9 October
Proposal of Y Fujii concerning 'plain explanation of necessity of large facility
for small science'. President proposes a working group on this when he isJapan March between March 11 and March 26.
ACTION

Premature to organise a working group.

7. AONSA CONFERENCES(a)
AONSA Conference and School 2011 Preliminary
information See Appendix 5.
(b)Procedures to decide the host and location of
Asia-Oceania Conference on Neutron Scattering(AOCNS) Draft 17-3-2010 Appendix 6

8. AONSA website address

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www.aonsa.org (Currently, this is available for our use.) President proposes that
we use this address.
ACTION

Agreed Yukari to do.

9. AONSA Newsletter
The Board thanked the AONSA Office for the Published Newsletter anddiscussed its purpose: Advertisements of each society's activities and sharing ofexpertise. Web linking of AONSA site to Facility sites was proposed. Timing of
the Newsletter was discussed: Agreed to suggest late April and late October +Special Issue each two years in the form of February 2010 issue. Make sure that
we have on our calendar Asia-Oceania Conferences

10. CALENDAR 2010-2015
ACTION

Secretary to produce an updated calendar for the next two years
for EC May and draft for Informal EC 24 March.
Items to be included in Calendar>- Schedule of EC and Board meetings- Schedule of Conferences/Meetings which are related to AONSA
activities, includes IUCr, AsCA etc- Activities of working group (?)
Aim to plan co-inciding EC meetings with science meetings which EC
members are likely to attend.

11. ANY OTHER ISSUES
11.1 with ICSU(a) The President and Vice President will meet Professor Kuroda - Vice President of
ICSU to present AONSA's activities to her.
Prof. Reiko Kuroda will be available for our visit only on Mar. 19 (Fri.) 10:30-12:00. I'll
take you to her office in Komaba Campus of Tokyo University from Tokai on Mar. 19.
(b)
Submission to ICSU Foresight process January 25 2010.
Dear Professor White
Thank you for your input to the ICSU foresight process. As will all other submissionsof ideas, we will fold your ideas into a master compilation of all suggested key driversof international science over the next 20 years and begin the challenging process of
distilling these ideas down to a number that will help define the scenarios ofinternational science in the future. Thanks again for spending time to submit yourinput.
Sincerely20

(c) Contact with Emeritus Professor Mohd. Nordin Hasan FASc, Director, ICSURegional Office for Asia and the Pacific, 902-4 Jalan Tun Ismail, 50480 Kuala Lumpur,
MALAYSIA
11.2

Discussions with IAEA- IAEA Regional Meeting 2010 Appendix 7

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APPENDIX 1
ACTIONS from the AONSA Board January 2010 correspondenceJohn White 1 February 2010
2. Formal matters to be resolved
a. Approval of Beijing EC meeting minutes.
Yukari Sugikawa 28-1-10: Could you please tell me if I should send it
now or another time?
President suggests last distribution once more to old EC.
Deadline for any reply 15-210. No response by then is taken as approval.
Y. Fujii approves it as a former observer except for the budget
proposal which should be replanned based on the new situation,in particular the budget support for the AONSA Award.
[Sung-Min] I agree with President except budget plan as pointed out
by Fujii-san. We should discuss the budget plan in the Board meetingon March 13.
b. Approval of Executive Committee membership 2010-2011
President suggests: formal approval from old + new EC. Deadline for any
reply
15-210. No response by then is taken as approval of proposed list.
Y. Fujii approves it except for the formal position for the Immedia
te Past President.
[Sung-Min] I think the EC member and observer list is complete except
the position of immediate Past President and Chinese observers.
Discussion needed on matter raised by Sun-Min Choi (29-1-10) :RULES for EC NOMINATION and APPOINTMENT
From Sung-Min 30-1-10
For the procedures for officially approving the EC members, I suggest
the following.
a) EC Members

22Once two delegates from each member society are recommended for EC
members, they will be honored automatically unless there is any clear
conflict.
If the delegates (EC members) need to be replaced during their term dueto their own domestic issues, it needs to be informed to AONSA EC.
b) EC Observers
Once one observer from each major neutron facility (which was listed
as one of major neutron facilities in a previous term) is recommended,he/she will be honored automatically unless there is any clear conflict.
Once Secretary get all the list of EC members and observers, President
simply announces it after confirming with other Board Members.
Any new facility, project or community that wants to send
an observer should get an approval from EC.
c) To make EC function immediately in a new term, therecommendations for new EC members and observers need to be madebefore a new term starts.
For example, by the last EC meeting or by the end of each term. We arelate for this but we can do this way in the next term.
President suggests that these rules be discussed and adopted by the Board
on 13-3-10 for the Executive meeting in April 2010.
Y. Fujii agrees with Sung-Min’s proposal for officially nominating/a
pproving EC members and he also agrees with President’s proposal
for taking formal procedures.
[Sung-Min] I agree on President’s suggestion.
Discussion needed on matter raised by Sun-Min Choi (30-1-10) :Followings are new EC members and observers confirmed by member
societies or facilities. Some of them are still missing and today I sent out
reminding emails.
From China (from Chun Loong), we got 4 people (Chun Loong,
Dongfeng Chen, Jie Wei and Fangwei Wang, same as before)
recommended for observers.

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I think we should discuss about this before we finalize the observer list.
Any comments on this?
President suggests that bringing China more closely into AONSA be discussed at the next Board and Executive but for the meantime we accept those proposed.
Y. Fujii agrees with President’s proposal.
[Sung-Min] I agree with President.
c. Approval of past-President status on EC meeting.
President recommends: Past President should be member of EC andBoard for one year after Presidency- subject to the Secretary assuring theBoard that this can be accommodated with our statutes.
President suggests: To be decided at 13 March Tokyo meeting.
Y. Fujii agrees with President’s proposal; however, it requires the change of the Article of AONSA which should be approved by theEC after the Board Meeting.
[Sung-Min] I agree on President’s recommendation. As pointed out by Y.
Fujii, we need to modify the Article of AONSA.
d. Agreement on Board meeting 13-3-10 : 29-1-10 Fujii (3)We’ll meet
together in the afternoon of March 13 (Saturday) at JAEA Tokyo Officein the mid-town of Tokyo accessible in 30 minutes from Haneda Airport.
We’ll let you know more detailed information later.
Y. Fujii: Yukari has already scheduled as you have been noticed.
e. Approval of draft schedule of face-to-face EC and Council meetings
2010.
President suggests: To be decided at 13 March Tokyo meeting.
Y. Fujii agrees with President’s proposal.
[Sung-Min] I agree.
f. Matters from Sendai meeting:i. Final comments on draft budget plan (AONSA office plus
treasurer)

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ii. Calendar 2010-2011 - production of detailed calendar containing
suggested meeting times, major events etc
iii. AONSA newsletter. Agreement on February and August
distribution dates and content of the next issues as proposed[Sung-Min] We may need further discussion about the scheduleof AONSA Newsletter.
iv. Agreement on EC meeting Hanaro - 1-2 November 2010. See mycomment above at
v. AONSA award - establishment of the working group at March 13
meeting. Report of the group to the Board and then the next
Executive. We should discuss when this should be for thecalendar. I understand from Rob Robinson (today) that the IAEA
meeting in Singapore, foreseen for April 2010 may now be at theend of 2010 there.
vi. Proposal of Y Fujii concerning 'plain explanation of necessity oflarge facility for small science'. President proposes a working
group on this when he is Japan March between March 11 andMarch 26. (A good introduction to this can be found throughhttp://www.nature.com/news/2010/100120/pdf/463282a.pdf is thearticle on big science spurs collaborative trend. This may also be u
seful for our Asia- Europe meeting at KEK at the end of March.
Y. Fujii agrees with President’s proposal and he is writing his
message on the Feb. 2010 issue of AONSA NEWSLETTER
on the similar subject.
g. mn
3. Process matters
a. Circulation of all correspondence to all EC members.
President suggests this be reviewed at 13 March 2010 meeting for any
improvements.
•
The present attached email coming from a suggestion from Masa
Arai today may be one such improvement as it seems that mostemails, when responding with 'reply', copy the original email but
add carriage returns and this is confusing.
•A second improvement may come from our filing system if we25can think of some way to 'flag' key correspondence between
board members.
I would be glad of suggestions from the board, in particular the secretary
and the AONSA office.
Y. Fujii agrees with President’s suggestion.
[Sung-Min] We need to operate AONSA as openly as possible. However,circulating all correspondences to all EC members may generate too
many emails to follow. So, I propose to circulate those correspondences(or summary of correspondences) that require attention from all EC
members.
I think that emails with file attachment (present one) may be a good
choice to start with.
(This method has some difficulties for efficient communication as well. I
will try to think about this matter more.)
We circulate the summaries of correspondences and minutes of meetings
to all EC members and archive those on the AONSA website aftergetting approvals from participants.
b. Approval of email 'virtual' EC meetings and draft schedule
Y Fujii 28-1-10 (1)I’d like to ask Secretary(Sung-Min Choi) to propose
the procedures for officially approving the EC members by virtual meetingor by any other method because our final decision on the EC members is themost urgent issue to proceed all actions under the new Presidency. This
time we should like to appoint each member by clearly stating his/hercategory in the Articles 4.1 Delegates and 4.2 Observers.
President suggests: This be decided provisionally now with any
discussion of improvements and formalities at 13 March Tokyo meetingand schedule recommended to EC meeting planned for April 2010.
Y. Fujii has proposed a list of members and observers as attached.
[Sung-Min] I agree on President’s suggestion. My proposal is given in 1-a.
4. Financial matters
a. From Sendai meeting: Final draft budget plan for March 13 Board
meeting.
b. From Sung-Min 30-1-10

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I have a few comments for the Budget plan distributed by Yukari.
a) In the Beijing meeting, we agreed to set up a new address for AONSA
website. So I thought, the budget for website was already approved.
b) In the Beijing meeting, we agreed to raise a AONSA award fundwhich is separate from AONSA annual membership fee.
So, the budget for AONSA award should not be included in the current
budget plan.
The HANARO already got an approval for donating $5,000 for AONSA
award. To process it, the AONSA office needs to prepare a new Bank
account for AONSA award fund.
c) $3000 for AONSA Neutron School in India is reasonable. Thisbudget should be used for students from developing countries.
d) $500 reserved for EC meeting expense seems to be reasonable.
For the moment, I do not find any further item for Budget plan.
If there is no urgent need for spending budget, could we discuss
the budget plan more during the Board meeting in March ?
For other items that are asked for my attention, I will send in anotheremail.
c. President suggests send draft to EC in good time for EC meeting April
2010.
d. Report on annual membership fee payments March 13 2010.
Y. Fujii agrees with President’s suggestion for the further action on t
his matter.
[Sung-Min] I suggest that we send out the budget proposal to EC members
after the Board meeting on March 13.
29-1-10 Fujii suggestions:(2)Regarding the budget plan 2010 distributed by Yukari yesterday, I’dlike to ask Secretary and Treasurer(Wen-Hsien Li) to reconsider it upon ourmore detailed action plans this year before it will be circulated to the EC
members for approval.
My additional comment: This Yukari’s original mail sent to you thismorning should be sent to all EC Members to approve it, AFTER the present

27Board Members agree.
JWW proposes: Board members to bring any additional items.
Budget discussion and Board Recommendation to EC on 13 march 2010
Y. Fujii agrees with President’s proposal.
e.
5. Any other business.
Newsletter February 2010
President agrees the suggested contents from the Sendai meeting:・Declaration of the new managements
Y. Fujii: Yukari is now collecting.
・Pictures of new AONSA Board members and their statements. AONSA office to get a photo and brief biography statement (five lines
maximum?? ) from each Board member.
Y. Fujii: Yukari is now collecting.
・Updated member list and pictures of members.
Y. Fujii: Since the position of the Immediate Past President has not been decided officially, we can list all members except for him/her (This time it’s Mahn Won Kim).
・Calendar for 2010-2011 - Provisional Calendar can be inserted.
Y. Fujii: Yukari is now working on it.

President asks: how many societies have submitted reports so far?
Y. Fujii: Only one from Australia on “The 8th AINSE/ANBUG Neutron Scattering
Symposium, December 2009”. In order to prevent the further delay in publication of this February issue, however, we have already agreed to publish new Board
Members’ message, Calender and any other articles if available.
[Sung-Min] For Calendar, we may need discussion before we finalize it andthere are some unresolved issues as well. So, I think it would be safe to
publish AONSA Newsletter after the Board meeting. Also, the last issue ofNewsletter was published on December 1st 2009.
Since February issue 2010 is too close to the last issue, we did not formally28

ask for articles or news from societies.

John W WhiteY. Fujii’s further comments on the position of the Past President:(1) Without changing the present Articles, he/she can be appointed an observer in EC based on the Article 4.2 “Further individual observers may be co-opted ac
cording to the needs of the Association”.
(2) By changing the Article, he/she can be a member of Board or/and EC. Pres e nt P re s id e nt ’s s u g g e st io n in t his c o rr e s po nd e nc e
“President recommends: Past President should be member of EC and Board for one year
after
Presidencysubject to the Secretary assuring the Board that this can be accommodated with our sta
tutes.” seems reasonable but it requires the change of the Article.
Meanwhile until it’s officially decided by the EC Meeting hopefully in April, t
he presence by the Past President in the upcoming Board Meeting in Tokyo (Mar. 13, 2010) should be authorized as an observer defined as (1). Even in this case he can be an observer in EC not in Board, but he can be an observer in the Board to be approved/declared by the present President.

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APPENDIX 2

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Appendix 3
Letter to Chinese Colleagues 17-3-2010

Dear John,
The attached is a draft for Email to Chinese colleagues for their observer status.
Please feel free to add or revise it, as needed.
By the way, if you send me the memo file you typed in during the Board meeting,
I can prepare a minutes of the meeting. Your memo was very clear and complete
already
and maybe there is not much I need to do further. Anyway, I can help.
Best regards,
Sung-Min----------------------------------------------------------------Dear Colleagues,
We had a AONSA Board Meeting on March 13th in Tokyo and confirmed the AONSAExecutive Committee Members and Observers nominated by participating societies
in early this year. Following the AONSA article on Observer Status, we would liketo specify 4 Chinese observers into three categories (please refer to the AONSA
article on observers).
Chun Loong: (4.2c) represents Chinese neutron scattering user group

Dongfeng Chen : (4.2a) represents major neutron facility (CARR)
Fangwei Wang : (4.2b) represents new neutron source project (CSNS)
Jie Wei: (4.2b) represents new neutron source project (CPHS)

If you have any comment on this, please let us know.

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We wish that Chinese neutron scattering user group can change its AONSA
membership into a regular member by forming a Neutron Association in near future.
Looking forward to meeting you in the AONSA EC meeting which is expected to beheld in April or May this year in Singapore. We will consult with you for the schedulesoon.
Best regards,
John White and Sung-Min Choi

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Appendix 4
Guidelines for Operation of AONSA Schools
Rob Robinson and Sung-Min Choi, 20 August 2009
These guidelines are based on the experience so far with the AONSA Schools held in
Daejon (2008) and Sydney (2009)1.

The school should be able to handle 40 or more graduate students; it is desirable
to include hands-on practice on real neutron-scattering instruments if at all
possible;2.

No more than 50% of the student attendees should be from institutions in the hostcountry; at least 50% should come other user communities in the Asia-Oceania
region, with a reasonable spread;3.

The host organisation pays for all local expenses (accommodation, meals, local
transportation) for both students and lecturers;

4.

Airfares are the responsibility of the students (or their home institutions) and
lecturers (or their home institutions). The only exceptions are students fromdeveloping countries, and we have been able to support 4-5 such students at eachschool, so far;

5.

Regarding lecturers, it is desirable to have a minimum of:
At least 2 domestic lecturers
2 lecturers provided by JSNS/J-PARC
2 lecturers provided by KNBUA/HANARO
2 lecturers provided by ANBUG/ANSTO
It is desirable to have some continuity in the pool of lecturers from the previous
school or schools;

6.
We should seek funds to support student attendance from developing countries,
from the IAEA and elsewhere.

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Appendix 5
AONSA Conference and School 2011 Preliminary information
Committees(a) International Advisory Board (Members of ANSTO)
Mahn Won Kim (KAIST, Korea)
Ki Bong Lee (POSTECH, Korea)
John White (Australia Nat. U., Australia)
Rob Robinson (ANSTO, Australia)…(, Australia)
Brendan Kennedy (, Australia)
Yasuhiko Fujii (JAEA, JAPAN)
Kazuyoshi Yamada (Tohoku U, JAPAN)
Wen-Hsien Li (NCU, Taiwan)
Chih-Hao Lee (NTHU, Taiwan)
Samrath L. Chaplot (BARC, India)
Dhananjai Pandey (Banaras Hindu University, India)(b) Task Force: JSNS (domestic advisory committee for JSNS)
Arai (J-PARC/JAEA), Kakurai (JAEA), Kanaya (Kyoto U), Kawabata (Kyoto U),
Murakami (KEK), Shibayama (U Tokyo), Niimura (Ibaraki U), Suzuki (NIMS, JSNS),
Seto (KEK), Takano (Ibaraki Pref), Iwasa (Tohoku U.)(c ) Executive Committee
Chair: Mitsuhiro Shibayama (ISSP, U. Tokyo)
Vice Chair: Masatoshi Arai (J-PARC/JAEA)
Secretary: Kenji Nakajima (J-PARC/JAEA)
Program: Takashi Kamiyama (J-PARC/KEK)
Public Information: Otomo (J-PARC/KEK)
Treasurer: Nobuaki Takahashi (J-PARC/JAEA)
Computing environment: Nakatani (J-PARC)
Amenity: Nakamura: (J-PARC)
3. Program (tentative)
a. Lectures: material (science oriented)
1. General Introduction34

2. Neutron source (reactor, pulse)
3. Neutron optics/polarization, neutron detection
4. Overview of material science
5. Overview of soft matter science
6. Industrial applications
b. Parallel courses (methodology)
Diffraction (powder)
Inelastic scattering (chopper, triple axis)
SANS & Reflectivity
Residual stress/radiography
Biological Crystallographyc. Laboratory Course (tutorial; candidates)* Powder diffraction: SHRPD (BL08; Kamiyama)* Inelastic scattering: 4 SEASONS (BL01; Kajimoto)or AMATERAS (BL14; Nakajima) or Triple Axis (JRR-3: Kakurai)* Small-angle scattering: SANS-U (JRR-3; Shibayama) or TAIKAN (BL15; Suzuki)* Reflection: ARISA-II: (BL16; Yamada)* Neutron Spin Echo (JRR-3; Endo)* Residual stress: TAKUMI: (Aizawa, Harjo)* Biological Crystallography: iBIX (BL03; Kusakabe)

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Appendix 6
Procedures to decide the host and location of
Asia-Oceania Conference on Neutron Scattering (AOCNS)<Basic Principles>- The host and location of AOCNS will be circulated in the Asia-Oceania Region.
- Under normal circumstance, the host and location of AOCNS will be decided 4
years ahead of time and will be announced in the AOCNS just before it.
- The host and location of AOCNS will be decided in the AONSA EC meeting after
reviewing the conference proposals submitted by neutron societies in the Region.
- Both paying regular member societies and non-paying societies can submit
proposals.
<Procedure>
1. Call for conference proposals will be announced 6 months ahead of the AONSA EC
meeting in which proposals will be reviewed and decided.
2. Conference proposals should be submitted to the AONSA Office by the application
deadline specified in the call for proposals. Under normal circumstance, the deadline
is 1 month before the AONSA EC meeting. Only one proposal is allowed for eachsociety.
3. The submitted proposals will be reviewed and decided in the AONSA EC meeting
specified in the call for proposals.
4. The host and location of the next AOCNS will be announced in the AOCNS justbefore it.

* If we apply these rules, we should announce Call for Proposals late this year anddecide in the first face-to-face EC meeting in the next year. Or we can announce Callfor Proposals early next year and decide in the EC meeting during the conference.

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Appendix 7
Discussions with IAEA- IAEA Regional Meeting 2010
Dear All,As indicated in the work-action plan of our last IAEA CM, held on 12-14 August at
ANSTO, a follow up meeting in Q4 2010 was scheduled. This is to inform you that an
informal agreement was made to hold the new IAEA CM on neutron beams in AsiaPacific on 27-29 October 2010 at KAERI, Daejeon, Korea, just before the 10th
HANARO Symposium (1-2 November 2010). More information will follow in the
coming days, including detailed terms of reference. Other important information:
As you might know, last week the technical working group for Asia-Pacific region(RCA) have worked on strategic topics to be identified and recommended for the new
TC cycle (from 2012). Although it is very preliminary but it seems that one of therecommended priorities will be on RR utilization with emphasis on education, scienceand applications with neutron beams. This would open a possibility for developing a
new regional TC project on this subject for 2012-2014. Indeed, these strategic topics
still has to be approved in April 2010 by RCA national representatives, following therecommendations of the above technical working group. In this regard, informally, I
would encourage you to approach your national RCA representatives and express yoursupport for the need of a new regional project related to neutron scattering for scienceand applications. This would ensure that working group recommendations on neutron
beams are approved in April by national representatives.
I will come back to you shortly. Best regards, Danas Ridikas, Research Reactor Officer

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Appendix 2
RULES for EC NOMINATION and APPOINTMENT(Approved by the EC on May 22, 2010)a) EC Members
1) The Board on behalf of the EC requests nominations from the AONSAMember Societies by the 2nd EC meeting in the 2nd year of any Presidency andinforms the EC.
2) The EC is then formed for the next Presidency from those presented formallyby current "paying regular member" society Presidents. Normally only
members of the Nominating Society can be nominees.
3) Secretary collects all the nominations and presents to the Board. President
announces the new Executive at the beginning of new Presidency.

b) EC Observers
Once one observer from each major neutron facility (which was listed as one of
the major neutron facilities in a previous term) is recommended, he/she will behonored automatically unless there is any clear conflict.

c) Agreement:
Observer status is one way in which AONSA can welcome new associations. The
EC encourages movement from observer status of Societies to full membershipto keep a balance of EC membership.

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Appendix 3
AONSA Annual Fee and Budget Plan

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Appendix 4
Guidelines for AONSA Prize proposed by Working Group

Details of WG
According to the following directions issued at the Board Meeting on March 13, 2010, the Working
Group was formed on April 20.
------------------------------------------------------AONSA AWARD: AONSA award - establishment of the working group at March 13 meeting.
Report of the group to the Board and then the next Executive. Membership and function of aworking group to prepare rules for nomination and selection.
ACTIONS: Agreed Working group to define rules - The group (includes Chair) should have 5
members requested by Chair from "regular members - including India",) Vice President is Chair.
He will accept the working group from the suggestions. Report for face to face EC in May.
Decision of the rules at 2nd Face to face EC 2010. One big award for 2011. We should discuss
the general philosophy of AONSA Award at EC meeting May 2010------------------------------------------------------WG Members:
Prof. Yasuhiko Fujii (AONSA Vice President; CROSS, Japan): Chair
Prof. Ki Bong Lee (AONSA EC; POSTECH, Korea)
Prof. Brendan Kennedy (AONSA EC; Univ. of Sydney, Australia)
Prof. Chih-Hao Lee (AONSA EC; NTHU, Taiwan)
Prof. R. Mukhopadhyay (AONSA EC; BARC, India)

Action Report & Plans
April 20 (Tue.) Working Group formed.
May 5 (Wed.).

1st Working Sheet to represent guidelines drafted by WG Chair (YF)

distributed
May 10 (Mon.)

Deadline for WG members’ comments

May 12 (Wed.)

Distribute the summary of WG members comments and 2nd draft ofWorking Sheet

May 14 (Fri.)

Deadline for WG members’ further comments

May 17 (Mon.)

WG’s 3rd draft of Guidelines (Ver.3 , May 15, 2010) to be proposed to EC
as Appendix 6 of Agenda.

May 22 (Sat.)At EC in Singapore, WG’s Guidelines to be discussed.

40Three of WG members (Ki-Bong Lee, Brendan Kennedy and Chih-Hao
Lee) will attend EC. Brendan will present while Chih-Hao will take a note.
June 30 (Wed.)

Based on EC’s comments, the final guidelines in a form of the present

Working

Sheet and a draft of formally-written Rules will be prepared anddistributed toEC.

July 31 (Sat.)

2nd draft of Rules will distributed to EC and its formal approval should bemade in the middle of August. Then WG’s task will be over.

August 31 (Tue.)

Start forming the Selection Committee to be chaired by the Vice President
according to the new Rules

Oct. 4-9

The Selection Committee to be approved by EC in Mumbai, India.

Nov. 1 (Mon.)SC will announce the call-for nomination for the AONSA Prize 2011

Feb. 28 (Mon.)

Deadline for nomination

June 30, 2011

SC will submit name of recipient and record of selection process to EC
which will formally approve/announce(5 months prior to the Ceremony).

Nov. 19-23, 2011

The AONSA Prize Ceremony at #1 AOCNS (Japan)

Report on Guidelines(WG’s 3rd Draft)(1) AONSA Prizea. Title of Prize : AONSA Prize
b. Aim of Prize: To recognize outstanding research career with a significant impact in
the use or development of neutron science or technology in the Asia-Oceania Region.
c. How often : Every two years. The Prize Ceremony shall be held at the occasion of
AOCNS (Asia-Oceania Conference on Neutron Scattering in 2011, 2015, 2019,,,,,) andICNS (International Conference on Neutron Scattering in 2013, 2017, 2021,,,,,).
d. Recipient(s) : The AONSA Prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one person but may
be shared by no more than three persons when all the recipients have contributions tothe same accomplishment. Recipient(s) should receive the AONSA Prize only once.
e. Certificatte & money: The Prize consists of a certificate citing the contributions
made by the recipient(s) and a monetary prize to be offered voluntarily by several
Societies and Facilities (Not from regular annual fees of AONSA). The amount shall be

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decided by the Executive Committee. Where the award is shared, the prize money shallbe equally divided amongst recipients.
(2) Nominationa. Nomination shall be opened to anyone whose work has significantly impacted in the
Asia-Oceania Region.
b. Anyone (not a member of the AONSA Prize Selection Committee) may submit one
nomination or seconding letter for the prize. Self-nomination should be excluded.
c.

A nomination should include:
A letter of not more than 5,000(?) characters evaluating the nominee’squalification for the prize and identifying the specific work to be recognized.
A brief curriculum vitaeA short list of major publications
Up to five reprints/preprints
At least two, but not more than four seconding letters

d. Nomination should be electronically submitted to Chair of Selection Committee (SC)by the deadline issued by SC.
e. Nomination shall be active through two review cycles (4 years for biannual prize).
Nominations may be updated while still active.

(3) Selection Committee
a. AONSA Prize Selection Committee (SC) shall consists of five members chaired by
the AONSA Vice President while other four members shall be appointed by the AONSAExecutive Committee (EC). Their term shall be two years (one selection cycle). A
member can be reappointed in the next selection cycle (up to two cycles for four years).
b. The SC shall be independent of EC and SC members shall represent a broad range ofmember societies (excluding observers if explicitly stated) and fields of neutron scienceand technology. Nominations shall be treated in confidence within SC.
c. SC members shall be posted on the home page of AONSA when SC issues the call-42

for nominations.
d. SC shall submit the name(s) of recipient(s) with a report of nomination process to EC
prior to five months to Prize Ceremony at AOCNS or ICNS.
e. SC shall carry out AONSA Prize Ceremony at AOCNS or ICNS.
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Appendix 5
Guidelines for Operation of AONSA Schools
Rob Robinson and Sung-Min Choi, 20 August 2009
These guidelines are based on the experience so far with the AONSA Schools held in
Daejon (2008) and Sydney (2009)1.

The school should be able to handle 40 or more graduate students; it is desirable toinclude hands-on practice on real neutron-scattering instruments if at all possible;2.

No more than 50% of the student attendees should be from institutions in the hostcountry; at least 50% should come other user communities in the Asia-Oceania
region, with a reasonable spread;3.

The host organisation pays for all local expenses (accommodation, meals, local
transportation) for both students and lecturers;

4.

Airfares are the responsibility of the students (or their home institutions) and
lecturers (or their home institutions). The only exceptions are students fromdeveloping countries, and we have been able to support 4-5 such students at eachschool, so far;

5.

Regarding lecturers, it is desirable to have a minimum of:
At least 2 domestic lecturers
2 lecturers provided by JSNS/J-PARC
2 lecturers provided by KNBUA/HANARO
2 lecturers provided by ANBUG/ANSTO
It is desirable to have some continuity in the pool of lecturers from the previous
school or schools;

6.

We should seek funds to support student attendance from developing countries,
from the IAEA and elsewhere.

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Appendix 6
Report from School Organizing Committee of AONSA Neutron School 2010
The 3rd AONSA Neutron School is planned to be held at Mumbai during 4-9 October 2010.
The announcement and some detailed information are already available on the AONSA
website.
Please see below a few issues relevant to the Indian AONSA School that may be discussed at
the EC meeting at Singapore.
1. Lectures
The following offers are available:
John White: "Introduction to Neutron Scattering" and "Neutrons andNanotoxicology" (about the use of reflectivity for studying protein nanoparticle interactions)
Robert ROBINSON suggested Dr. Michael James as a lecturer.
Michael James: reflectometry, and general introductory lectures into elastic scattering, research
reactors, neutron optics etc.
Sung-Min Choi: SANS
Masatoshi Arai: "pulsed neutron sciences" including neutron production, neutronics,
instrumentation, and experimental techniques, and applicable sciences.
Brendan Kennedy and Kazu Yamada offered to find suitable lecturers from Australia and Japan
respectively.
These already cover many important techniques. We would also like to have others teaching
diffraction and inelastic scattering. In addition, we would have complementary/supplementarylectures by speakers from India.
2. Selection of students
I think it should be fine if Australia and other regions select their students and let us know. EC
may discuss how many students may be accepted from each region.
3. AONSA/ IAEA support for travel of students from developing countries
IAEA are in the clearance process as on 11 May 2010. It will take additional 1-2 weeks.
EC may decide how many students AONSA could support. We are not requesting fromAONSA any other financial support for the School.
4. Schedule
The School is planned from 4th October (Monday) to 10th October (Saturday). We expect about
5 lectures per day for the first three days, followed by two days of hands-on experiments by theparticipants.
Proposed EC meeting during the AONSA School
The EC meeting could be held on 9th and 10th October 2010 (Friday and Saturday). Anysuggestions are welcome.

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Appendix 7
AONSA Neutr on School @ Tokai <tentative plan>
2010.1.15
2010.2.10
2010.3.2/2010.3.12/2010.3.15/2010.3.18/2010.4.2/2010.4.28/2010.5.7
Mitsuhiro Shibayama

1. Dates and Place
Dates: Nov. 14 (Sun), 2011 – Nov. 18 (Fri), 2011
(The last week of the 4th cycle of JRR-3),
followed by AOCNS (Nov. 20 – Nov.23), IPS11 (Nov. 20 – Nov.23),
Annual Meeting of JSNS (Nov. 20 – Nov.23)
Place: J -PARC and J RR-3 andIbaraki Quantum Beam Research Center (IQBRC; 1F and 2F)

2. Budget
J-PARC, AONSA
3. Accommodation
Guest House (@ KEK), Masago, etc.
4. Dining??
5. Progr ama) Lectures:
Main courses material (science oriented)
Parallel courses (methodology)b) Laboratory Courses: (tutorial)c) Presentation

6. Facility
Lecture rooms: Meeting Room (IQBRC 1F), Meeting Room & Multi-purpose hall
(IQBRC 2F) (pre-reserved on 2010.2.17)
personal computer: at least 10,
software: Igor or Excel, power point, word

7. Infor mation
MLF (or J-PARC) home page46

5. Committees(a) Inter national Advisor y Boar d (executive of AONSA)
Austr alia (ANBUG (The Austr alian Neutron Beam User s Group)
John White (Australia Nat. U., Australia)
Rob Robinson (ANSTO, Australia)
Branden Kennedy (, Australia)
J SNS (The J apanese Society for Neutron sciecne)
Yasuhiko Fujii (JAEA, JAPAN)
Kazuyoshi Yamada (Tohoku U, JAPAN)
Korea (KNBUA; The Korean Neutron Beam User s Association)
Mahn Won Kim (KAIST, Korea)
Ki Bong Lee (POSTECH, Korea)
INSS (The Indian Neutron Scatter ing Society)
Samrath L. Chaplot (BARC, India)
Dhananjai Pandey (Banaras Hindu University, India)
TWNSS (The Taiwan Neutron Science Society)
Wen-Hsien Li (NCU, Taiwan)
Chih-Hao Lee (NTHU, Taiwan)(b) Task Force: J SNS (domestic advisor y committee for JSNS)
Arai (J-PARC/JAEA), Kakurai (JAEA), Kanaya (Kyoto U), Kawabata (Kyoto U), Murakami (KEK),
Shibayama (U Tokyo), Niimura (Ibaraki U), Suzuki (NIMS, JSNS), Seto (KEK), Takahashi (Ibaraki Pref.),
Iwasa (Tohoku U.)(c ) Executive Committee
Chair: Mitsuhiro Shibayama (ISSP, U. Tokyo)
Vice Chair: Masatoshi Arai (J-PARC/JAEA)
Secretary: Kenji Nakajima (J-PARC/JAEA)
Program: Takashi Kamiyama (J-PARC/KEK)
Public Information: Toshiya Otomo (J-PARC/KEK)
Treasurer: Nobuaki Takahashi (J-PARC/JAEA)
Computing environment: Takeshi Nakatani (J-PARC)
Amenity: Mitsutaka Nakamura: (J-PARC)

6. Program (tentative)
a. Lectures: material (science or iented)

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7. General Introduction
8. Neutron source (reactor, pulse)
9. Neutron optics/polarization, neutron detection
10. Overview of material science
11. Overview of soft matter science
12. Industrial applications
b. Par allel cour ses (methodology)
Diffraction (powder)
Inelastic scattering (chopper, triple axis)
SANS & Reflectivity
Residual stress/radiography
Biological Crystallographyc. Labor ator y Cour se (tutor ial; candidates)(to be selected from the following candidate experiments)* Powder diffraction: SHRPD (BL08; Kamiyama)* Inelastic scattering: 4 SEASONS (BL01; Kajimoto)or AMATERAS (BL14; Nakajima)* Small-angle scattering: SANS-U (JRR-3; Shibayama) or TAIKAN (BL15; Suzuki)* Reflection: ARISA-II: (BL16; Yamada)* Neutron Spin Echo (JRR-3; Endo)* Residual stress: TAKUMI: (BL19; Aizawa, Harjo)* Biological Crystallography: iBIX (BL03; Kusaka)d. Presentationgroup presentation in an auditorium
e. Excur sion?

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Appendix 8
2010.05.08
stPlan for The 1

AONSA Conference (AOCNS)

1. Dates and Place
Date: November 19th – 23rd, 201１ (Welcome party on Nov. 19th)
 AONSA School will be held prior to AOCNS from November 14th to 18th,
2011 in Tokai Annual meeting of Japanese Society for Neutron Science (JSNS) will besimultaneously held with AOCNS.
 International Symposium on Pulsed Neutron and Muon Science (IPS) will
be simultaneously held with AOCNS.
Place: JAEA, Tokai (tentative)
Expected number of participants: 300- 350
2．Preparatory Committee (which will move to the Organizing Committee with achair person of the next President of JSNS whose term is from Apr. 2011 toMar. 2013.)
Chair: Toshiji Kanaya (Kyoto Univ.)
Members: Masa Arai (JAEA), Takashi Kamiyama (KEK), Yukio Morii (Hitachinaka
Techno Center), Toshiharu Fukunaga (Kyoto Univ.), Hideki Yoshizawa (ISSP,
Univ. Tokyo), Fujio Maekawa (JAEA), Yukio Noda (Tohoku Univ.) , Susumu Ikeda(KEK), Michihiro Furusaka (Hokkaido Univ.), Jun-ichi Suzuki (JAEA), Hiroyuki
Suzuki (NIMS)
Observers: Kazuyoshi Yamada (President of JSNS, Tohoku Univ.), Mitsuhiro
Shibayama (Principal of AONSA School, Univ. Tokyo)
Local Executive Committee will be formed shortly.
3．International Advisory Board Not yet organized.
The members will de decided according to thedecision of the next EC of AONSA.
4. International Scientific Program Committee
 Not yet organized.
The members will de decided according to thedecision of the next EC of AONSA.

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Appendix 9
Guide Lines for AOCNS
The conference of AONSA, which tentatively terms Asia-Oceania Conference for
Neutron Scattering (AOCNS), is in principle held every 4 years staggered to
ICNS in a country belonging to AONSA.
The host country is decided in Executive Committee (EC) of AONSA.
General Issues
1. AONSA member countries and observer countries must make all possible
efforts to have participants to AOCNS as many as possible.
2. AONSA encourages worldwide participation to AOCNS from counties notbelonging to AONSA.
3. EC of AONSA will be held during AOCNS.
Scientific Issues
1. AONSA Awards: To be presented at AOCNS. Detailed procedure for selection
will be established by EC of AONSA.
2. International Advisory Board: Member countries as well as observercountries will nominate members of International Advisory Board. Final
selection of the members will be done by the host country.
3. International Scientific Program Committee: Member countries as well as
observer countries will nominate members of International Scientific
Program Committee. Final selection of the members will be done by thehost country.
4. Recommendation of Invited Speakers: Members of International Scientific
Program Committee have a right to nominate plenary speakers and invited
speakers. The numbers of recommended speakers must be discussed. Final
selection of the plenary speakers and the invited speakers will be doneby the Organizing Committee.
5. Presentations: Oral presentations include AONSA award lectures, plenary
lectures, invited lectures, and some lectures recommended by theOrganizing Committee. Other contributions are in poster presentation.
Number of oral presentations will be decided by the Organizing Committee.
6. Conference Proceedings: The conference proceedings will NOT be publishedat the moment due to the financial and scientific problems. However, EC
of AONSA will continue the discussion about the publication of theconference proceedings.

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Budget1. Conference Budget: The host country must cover all the budget regarding
the AONSA conference, except the travel fee and living expense for theinvited speakers.
2. Support for Invited Speakers: AONSA/their home institutes can cover thetravel fee and the living expense for some invited speakers.
3. Support for Developing Countries: AONSA financially supports someparticipants from developing countries, especially for young scientists
to attend the AONSA conference and school on the basis of the AONSA
budget.
4. Registration Fee: Registration fee can be collected from theparticipants. The fee will be determined by the Organizing Committee ofthe host country. Some waiver system on demand must be considered.

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Appendix 10
Procedures to decide the host and location of
Asia-Oceania Conference on Neutron Scattering (AOCNS)<Basic Principles>- The host and location of AOCNS will be circulated in the Asia-Oceania Region.
- Under normal circumstance, the host and location of AOCNS will be decided 4
years ahead of time and will be announced in the AOCNS just before it.
- The host and location of AOCNS will be decided in the AONSA EC meeting after
reviewing the conference proposals submitted by neutron societies in the Region.
- Both paying regular member societies and non-paying societies can submit
proposals.
<Procedure>
1. Call for conference proposals will be announced 6 months ahead of the AONSA EC
meeting in which proposals will be reviewed and decided.
2. Conference proposals should be submitted to the AONSA Office by the application
deadline specified in the call for proposals. Under normal circumstance, the deadline
is 1 month before the AONSA EC meeting. Only one proposal is allowed for eachsociety.
3. The submitted proposals will be reviewed and decided in the AONSA EC meeting
specified in the call for proposals.
4. The host and location of the next AOCNS will be announced in the AOCNS justbefore it.

* If we apply these rules, we should announce Call for Proposals late this year anddecide in the first face-to-face EC meeting in the next year. Or we can announce Callfor Proposals early next year and decide in the EC meeting during the conference.

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Appendix 11

53Appendix 12
Directories and File Naming for AONSA Archive.



Under AONSA-Archive, there are sub-directories for different subjects.

Here, YYYY-MM-DD specifies the year, month and date of occasion.

1. AONSA Articles
File Name:AONSA Article-YYYY-MM-DD
Here, YYYY-MM-DD specifies the date of change.
2. Board Meetings (this folder will include agenda and minutes)
File Name:
Board-YYYY-MM-DD-Agenda
Board-YYYY-MM-DD-Minutes
3. EC Meetings (this folder will include agenda and minutes)
File Name:
EC-YYYY-MM-DD-Agenda
EC-YYYY-MM-DD-Minutes
4. Informal Meetings (this folder will include agenda and minutes)
File Name:
IM-YYYY-MM-DD-Agenda
IM-YYYY-MM-DD-Minutes
5. Newsletters
File Name:NL-YYYY-MM-DD
6. Working Group (this folder will include agenda, minutes and final reports)
File Name:
WG-XX-YYYY-MM-DD-Agenda
WG-XX-YYYY-MM-DD-Minutes
WG-XX-YYYY-MM-DD-Report
Here, XX are letters which specify working groups.
7. AOCNS (this folder will include documents and posters related to theconference)
File Name:AOCNS-YYYY-MM-DD-XXXX
Here, XXXX are letters which specify type of documents. A sub-directory for54

each conference should be useful.
8. AONSA Award (this folder will include any documents related to the award)Award-YYYY-MM-DD-XXXX
Here, XXXX are letters which specify type of documents.
9. Fee-Finance (will include documents for annual fee and other financial matters)
File Name:
AF-YYYY-XXXX-Invoice
AF-YYYY-XXXX-Receipt
Budget-YYYY-Plan
Budget-YYYY-Balance
Here, AF stands for annual fee and XXXX are letters which specify member
society.
10. Others

55Appendix 13 Association Reports

1. ANBUG (Brendan Kennedy)
2 INSS (S.M.
2.
(S M Choi
Ch i forf SamrathS
th Chaplot)
Ch l t)3. JSNS (Kazuyoshi Yamada)4. KNBUA (Ki Bong Lee)
5. TWNSS (Chih-Hao Lee)
6. Indonesian Neutron Community (Edy Giri Rachman Putra)
7. Malaysian Neutron Community (Abdul Aziz Mohamed)
8. Chinese Neutron Community (S.M. Choi for Chun Loong)

ANBUG Executive Committee- 2009 and 2010
ANBUG Executive Committee
President:
Brendan Kennedyy
Vice President: Chris Ling
Secretary:
James Hester
Committee:
Andrew Nelson,
Craig Buckley (Past President)
Annemieke Mulders, Darren Goosens,
Duncan McGillivray,• Primary Role of ANBUG• Act as voice for Australianscientists and engineers
who use neutron
scattering in their work
http://www.anbug.org/• Useful Information• Links; Newsletters• Constitution ….

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Australian Neutron Scattering

AINSE

ANSTO

Travel and Conference Support
ISIS

Operate OPAL

ARC

ANBUG

Activities
Correspondence:
Concern over operations at the Australian Synchrotron.
Problems of OPAL Schedule – “Flexible Fuel Management”
Building Works at Bragg Institute – User support
Support for Australian Students to attend AONSA School

Meetings:
ANSTO - AINSE Neutron School on Dynamics and Kinetics,
15 - 20 August 2010.
Neutrons and Food:
31 October — 3 November 2010
9th AANSS Symposium:
1 – 3 December 2010

Current Membership of ANBUG: 332. The membership includes
scientists from Australia, New Zealand and 16 other countries
http://www.anbug.org/

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Dynamics and Kinetics Neutron School 2010
August 15-20
General intro to neutron scattering in kinetics and dynamics John WhiteA day in the life of a neutron (neutron fundamentals) Andrew Studer
Overview of elastic neutron-scattering techniques Michael James
Overview of quasi-elastic neutron-scattering techniques Nicholas de Souza
Overview of inelastic neutron-scattering techniques Mona Yethiraj
Overview of polarised neutron-scattering techniques Frank Klose
Biomolecules in action Andrew Whitten
Writing a proposal and reporting results Joseph Bevitt
Powder diffraction and Rietveld analysis Chris Ling
Gas-storage materials and other recent work completed on WOMBAT Vanessa Peterson
Neutrons and multiferroics Annemieke Mulders
Use of in situ neutron diffraction for resolving reaction kinetics Daniel Riley
Single-crystal technique and its applications Ross Piltz
Lattice Dynamics Mona Yethiraj
Structural changes related to thermal mechanical processing Klaus-Dieter Liss
Understanding diffraction and inelastic neutron-scattering data via modelling Don Kearley

AANSS 2010
Neutron and X-ray Scattering – from Biology toPhysics
Wednesday 1 December – Friday 3 December
AINSE Lucas Heights
AINSE,
9th AANSS Symposium and includes the AINSE AGM.
The topics of AANSS 2010 include:
o
o
o
o
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Condensed Matter Physics
Biological Sciences
Soft Condensed Matter
Instrument Concepts/Techniques/Developments
Chemistry/Earth Sciences
Engineered and Applied Materials
Medical and Imagery
Softwarehttp://www.anbug.org/

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Report from INSS (12 May 2010)
Indian Neutron Scattering Society*
It is quite satisfying that the strength of the INSS membership has crossed past 100.

Photograph during the XIV Neutron School/Workshop held in BARC, Mumbai, 5-10 October 2009
C/o Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
Email: neutron@barc.gov.in
Reportt ffrom N
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Facility
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B
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Research,h Dh
Dhruva reactor,t BARC
BARC, IIndia
diIn the National facility of Neutron Beam Research at the Dhruva reactor at BARC, two of the powder diffractometers have3
been upgraded with higher efficiency (higher pressure) He position sensitive detectors.
In addition, one of the ‘day-1’ instrument at Dhruva, at the end of one side of the through tube, is being upgraded with several
new detectors. It is designed specifically for study of magnetic systems. The new detector shield has been recently delivered.
Design of a new instrument for Residual Stress analysis has been approved and its fabrication is being taken up.
About 30 projects continue to run by users from various Indian universities and institutions under the aegis of University
Grants Commission-Department of Atomic Energy Consortium for Scientific Research (UGC-DAE CSR). This is apart fromprojects supported by other agencies and the in-house research.

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

Ki Bong Lee
Department of Physics
POSTECH
OS C

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Neutron Facility and User Group in Korea
z 1998 Informal User Programz 1999 Formal User Program (MOST)/small grants for HANARO users
z 2000 HANARO Users Association(Neutron Special Interest Group)

z 2003 Korean Ne
Neutrontron Beam Users Association
Full Utilization

Construction & Utilization
Cold Neutron Facility

HANARO Reactor(30 MW)

2003~2010)

Thermal Neutron
Instruments

2010

1995

Korean Neutron Beam Users Association (KNBUA)President : Ki Bong Lee(POSTECH)

Secretary : Sung-Min Choi
(KAIST)

LowLow-Q Group

Inelastic GroupRadiography

120 members

100 members

47 members

24 members

No. of Memberrs

Elastic Group64

KNBUA Meetings• KNBUA Annual General Assembly(14 May, KBL elected as a new president)* The HANARO Symposium scheduled in November- Neutron Beam Applications- Materials Irradiation Test
- Radioisotopes- Activation Analysis- Research Reactor• KNBUA Steering Committee Meetings (3-4 times/yr)• Workshops and Schools sponsored by KNBUAThe 7th Workshop on X-ray and Neutron scattering techniques
for Surface Nano-characterization• December 1-2, 2009, GIST, Gwangju

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Tutorial on Neutron Diffraction and SANS Techniquesfor Materials Science
October 20 -21, 2009, KAERI, Daejeon

The 5th International Symposium on the Characterization of Metals andNanostructured Materials by Neutron and X-ray Scattering
October 22, 2009, EXCO, Daegu

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The 1st Special Summer Lectures on Neutron Physics,
Optics, and Precision Measurements.
August 24-26, 2009, KAERI, Daejeon

The 10th Korea-Japan Meeting on Neutron Science
January 14-15 2010, Tohoku U., Sendai67

KNBUA Supports Students
to Attend International Neutron Schools & Conferences.
• The 2nd AONSA Neutron School, 2009, Sydney, Australia: 5 Students and 2 Lecturers (S.M. Choi and K. Shin)• The Neutron Scattering Laboratory Course, 2009, Germany: 1 Student• The 10th Korea-Japan Meeting on Neutron Science, 2010, Japan: 5 Students` Members : 123 people◦ W.H.Li (p(president);) Chih-Hao Lee ((secretariate))` Neutron experiments: 27 person-times` Neutron workshops(school)

Nov., 2009: 119 people attended
June, 2010: 120 people registrated
Taiwan-JapaneseTaiwan Japanese neutron scattering on soft m
atter, March, 2010: 80 people` International conference of neutron and X-rays
scattering in 2011.

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Workshop on Neutron Scattering Science 2009
Time :
20/11/2009~22/11/2009
Place :
Nantou HanShe Forest
Education Centre , Taiwan
http://ntu.nantou.com.tw/
Attendant

NumberInvited speakers

7

Researchers

26

Postdoctoral Fellow

8Students andResearch Assistants

78

Total

119

( Number of Registers : 152 )Workshop on Neutron Scattering Science 200969

2010 Taiwan Neutron Scattering Science ConferenceTime :
27/06/2010~29/06/2010
Place :Taichung Hui-Sun Forest
Station , Taiwan
http://ntu.nantou.com.tw/
Attendant

NumberInvited speakers

7

Researchers

17

Postdoctoral Fellow

4Students andResearch Assistants

92

Total

120

( Number of Registers : 120)

The member of TWNSS

30/05/2008(origination)

14/02/2009(establishment)

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14/03/2009

22/11/2009(Workshop)27 (person-times) PI and students went abroad fpyor neutron experiments“officially”.
(22 ANSTO, 3 JPARC, 1 ILL, 1 NIST)
Eight young scientists attended the AONSA sum
mer school last year.
One visiting scientist, Dr. Lieh-Jeng Chang (National Tsing Hua University), visiting JPARC for one year. He-3 polarizer.

He-3 polarizer was commissioned at W-3 port of Tsi
ng Hua Open Pool Reactor (2 MW)` First Patient to be treated in July 2010 at BNCT station at THOR reactor.
` 4th Taiwan-Japanese neutron scattering on soft matter, March, 2010: 3-days at Yi-Lan, 80 people.
` ICNX 2011 meeting to be held at National Tsing Hua
University. (June27-July 2)
Chaired by ProfLin ChangProf. Shih
Shih-Lin` The SIKA beamline to be commissioning in Oct. 2010.
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Neutron Scattering Community
in Indonesia

Edy Giri Rachman Putra
Neutron Scattering Laboratory
National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN)

Sunset in Bali

Photo by A. Ikram

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Neutron Radiography(macro scale ~ mm)

HRSANS/DCD(micro scale ~ μm)

Staff member

36 m SANS(nano scale ~ nm)

Diffractometers:
HRPD, FCD/TD,
RSM(atomic scale ~ Å)Under repair

Triple Axis Spectrometer Triple Axis Spectrometer(dimensionless)Vol. 17. No. 4, 2006

 7 instrument scientists
 5 scientists
 10 technicians High Resolution SANS

Facilities
Current status
Activities

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Vol. 18. No. 1, 2007

TAS & HRSANS (DCD)
were still out of order

HRPD
Dept. of Physics, University of Indonesia (UI), Jakarta
Dept. of Engineering Materials, University of Indonesia (UI), Jakarta
Dept. of Physics, 10 November Institute of Technology (ITS), East Java
Dept.
Dept of Chemistry,
Chemistry Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB),(ITB) West Java
Indonesian Sciences of Institute, Centre for Physics, Serpong, West Java

Residual Stress Measurement Diffractometer
Dept. of Mechanical Eng., University of Diponegoro, Central Java
Dept. of Mechanical Eng., University Sebelas Maret, Central JavaSANS
D t off Ph
Dept.
Physics,
i 10 N
Novemberb IInstitutetit t off TTechnology
h l
(ITS)
(ITS), EEastt JJava
Indonesian Sciences of Institute, Center for Biotechnology, Bogor, West Java
Dept. of Physics, University Lambung Mangkurat, South Kalimantan
Dept. of Chemistry, Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Central Java

FCD/TD
Dept. of Engineering Materials, UI, Jakarta

HRPD
Dept. Materials Sci. & Eng., Nangyang Technology of University, Singapore
Dept. Materials Res. & Education Centre, Auburn University, USA

Residual
Measurement
R id l StressStM
t Diffractometer
Diff ttDept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tokushima University, Japan
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kobe City College of Technology, Japan

SANS
Nuclear Malaysia
Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. South Gujarat, India
Centre for Biomolecular Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia(*)

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Indonesian Physical Society
Indonesian Chemical Society
Indonesian Polymers Association
Indonesian Nano‐Technology Profession Society

Association of Indonesian Nuclear Society(NGO)

SocietyUser group

Neutron Scattering

Regular users∼ 5
Users ∼ 20

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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Seminar Nasional Hamburan Neutron dan Sinar‐X ke‐1 (1998)
Seminar Nasional Hamburan Neutron dan Sinar‐X ke‐2 (1999)
Seminar Nasional Hamburan Neutron dan Sinar‐X ke‐3 (2000)
Seminar Nasional Hamburan Neutron dan Sinar‐X ke‐4 (2001)
Seminar Nasional Hamburan Neutron dan Sinar‐X ke‐5 (2003)

6. The 6th National Seminar on Neutron and X‐Ray Scattering (2005); ICTP, IUCr, IAE
7. The International Conference on Neutron and X‐Ray Scattering (2007); ICTP, IUCr, IAEA
8. Seminar Nasional Hamburan Neutron dan Sinar‐X ke‐7 (2009)

a. The ICNX (biannually)b. The AONSA Neutron School (annually)c. Asia‐Oceania Conference on Neutron Scattering (every 4 years)

2 days Workshop

1 day Symposia/Seminar

SANS
Residual Stress

Soft matter & polymers
Alloys78

5 days Workshop

2 days Symposia/Seminar

Small‐Angle Scattering
Residual Stress
Diffraction – HRPD
Neutron Radiography
Protein Crystallography

Instruments & Facilities
Solid State Physics & Chemistry
AlloysBiology, Protein
Polymers

Aims:
1. To promote neutron, together with X‐ray
scattering applications for local andregional scientists
2. To provide collaboration opportunities atnational as well as regional level
3. To increase the quality of research
4. To build neutrontuser groups
5. To establish neutron scattering facility“in Serpong”

795. Neutron School
ICNX, AONSA
a. Workshop on Neutron and X-Ray Scattering in Materials Science and Biology, theInternational Conference on Ne
Neutrontron and X
X-Ray
Ra Scattering 2007 (ICNX2007)(ICNX2007),BATAN, July 23 – 28, 2007, Puspiptek Serpong, Indonesia (~ 60 local
students/scientists and 9 international participants)
b. The 1st AONSA Neutron School, KAIST, August 18 – 23, 2008, Daejeon, Republic ofKorea (Sistin Asri Ani, Dwi Hudiyanti).
c. The 2nd AONSA Neutron School, ANSTO, August 16 – 21, 2009, Sydney, Australia(Arum Patriati, Arief B. Witarto).
d. The International Conference on Neutron and X-Ray Scattering 2009 (ICNX2009),
Malaysiana ays a Nuclear
uc ea Society,Soc e y, June
Ju e 28
8 – JuJulyy 1,, 2009,
009, Kuala
ua a Lumpur,u pu , Malaysia.
a ays ae. The 3rd AONSA Neutron School, ANSTO, October, 2010, Mumbai, India (Student1,
Student2).
f.

The International Conference on Neutron and X-Ray Scattering 2011 (ICNX2011),
2011,Taiwan.

g. The 4th AONSA Neutron School, 2011, Japan (Student1, Student2)
h. AOCNS, 2011, Japan (Student1, Student2, Student3)

80Regional User Groups
Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
ICNX2011

ICNX2009

ICNX2007

NEUTRON<SCIENCE, ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY>
EXCELLENCE

NEUTRON SCATTERING & IMAGING
ACTIVITIES IN MALAYSIA
NeutronNeutronPhoton
Applications
and Research
Chapter(NPARC-(NPARC
MNS)Malaysian
NuclearSociety

NEUTRON SET EXCELLENCEABDUL AZIZ MOHAMED1, MEGAT HARUN AL RASHID MEGATAHMAD1, AZRAF AZMAN2 AND FARIDAH MD IDRIS3
1Materials Technology Group, Industrial Technology Division
2Integrity and Plant Assessment Group, Technical Services Division
3Reactor Interest Group, Technical Services Division
Malaysian Nuclear Agency, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

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An Update of Neutron Activities in China
Since Feb 2009
Chun Loong ckloong@gmail.com
Reported as an observer from China
Neutron Sources
CARR-Neutron Scattering Laboratory of China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE)
CPHS-Dept. Engineering Physics of Tsinghua University (THU)
CSNS-Inst. High Energy Phys. (IHEP) & Inst. Phys (IoP) of Chinese Academy of
Sciences (CAS)
Major Participants
CAS: Inst. Chem. (IoC), Inst. Modern Phys. (IMP), Graduate School
Chinese University of Hong Kong: Phys. Dept.
Jinan University, Guangzhou: Phys. Dept.
Peking University, Beijing: College of Chem. & Mol. Engineering, and Phys. Dept.
Shandong University, Jinan: State Key Lab. Crystal Materials
Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou: School of Phys. & Engineering.
University of Hong Kong: Phys. Dept.

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China Advanced Research Reactor (CARR) DF Chen & YT Liu

Reactor criticality achieved 2010-5-13, 16:58

SV30-TAS & FCD (Jeulich), RSD (Studsvik), &HRPD (in-house) being assembled

SV30
TAS
FCD

RSD
HRPD
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Neutron guides installed

Reflectometer &SANS (IoC)
installed C Han

HRPD

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China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) HS Chen

Review of accelerator system: Jan 21-23, 2010 by the International Accelerator
Technology Advisory Committee (ATAC).

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Review of neutron target & instrumentation: May 6-8, 2010 by the International
Neutron Technology Advisory Committee (NTAC).

A series of meetings between the upper management of CAS, the CSNS project
teams led by IHEP, and the Guangdong provincial & Dongguan municipal government
agencies were held in late 2009 and early 2010 for the preparation of thecommencement of the CSNS construction.

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Ground-breaking construction is scheduled to start on Sept 1, 2010.

http://csns.ihep.ac.cn/

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Compact Pulsed Hadron Source (CPHS) J Wei, XW Wang, XL Guan, CK Loong
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The neutron/proton source project approved by Tsinghua University, May 2009
The First International Mini-Workshop, June 2009
Reviews of accelerator system, Aug 2009 & Feb 2010
Reviews of Target-Moderator (TRM) & instrumentation, Nov 2009 & May 2010
Many mutual visits: LENS-Indiana U., Hokkaido U., PSI-Switzerland, LBL-USA, SLAC-USA,
BNL-USA, Kyoto U., ORNL-USA, PEFP-KAERI, Korea, PSI, Tech. U. Munich, …
Outreach of domestic users: IMP,, AE,, IHEP,, IoP,, IoC,, Pekingg U,, Xi’an Jiaotong
g U,, SYSU,,
HKU, CUHK, …
Additional building/structure peripheral to experimental hall approved, Mar 2010
Accelerator components now under construction, TMR, SANS & Imaging beamlines
engineering and prototyping just begun. Expect to produce first protons in 2011.

neutroninstruments
target station

proton linac

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User Outreach Activities
Annual User Meeting: Nov 18-20 2009, IoP,
Beijing DS Wang, SY Zhang Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Workshop: Dec
11, 2009, HKU MC Chu, J Leung, CK Loong, J. Pun
 School of Neutron Scattering & Reflectivity forSoft Matter Science, April 19-21, 2010, IoC,
Beijing C Han, GC Yuan

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AONSA Executive Committee Meeting, Singapore, May 22, 201091

From ICANS to UCANSi

The First Meeting of The Union for Compact Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources
Background
During the course of design, construction and initial operation of the Low Energy Neutron Source (LENS), scientists and engineers of Indiana University have worked
closely with the counterparts from the US pulsed neutron sources. In June 2009 the International Mini-Workshop not only kicked off the Compact Pulsed Hadron
Source (CPHS) at Tsinghua University, China Project but also fermented the notion of cooperation among accelerator-based-compact-source enthusiasts in many
places in the world. A series of subsequent exchanges, contacts, and teleconference attested to the common desire for collaboration. The recent ICANS-XIX Meeting(March 2010, Grindelwald, Switzerland) offered an opportune occasion to consolidate an alliance; and, in a satellite meeting in Kloten on March 13, 2010 participants
unanimously acceded to the establishment of the Union for Compact Accelerator-driven Neutron Source (UCANS). The eight initial members—those inattendance—are: from the USA Argonne National Lab (ANL) and Indiana University, from Japan the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK),
Hokkaido University, Kyoto University and RIKEN, from China Peking University and Tsinghua University, with additional potential members from elsewhere. Jack
Carpenter of ANL will serve as a spokesperson of UCANS. In view of the actively ongoing works on accelerators, target-moderators, instruments and optics, allmembers felt a genuine need for frequent meetings (every ~6 months rather than 2 years like ICANS). Positively, UCANS is not exclusive of but complementary to
ICANS. The first meeting is scheduled to be held at Tsinghua University in Beijing, August 15-18, 2010.

Scope and Objectives
The scope of the UCANS-I Meeting encompasses technical and scientific issues pertinent to compact accelerator-driven neutron sources. The objectives include
1.To consolidate the UCANS organization and membership,
2.To identify areas of cooperation,
3.To determine near-to-long term R&D goals and schemes of collaborations among member institutes, and4.To clarify the roles of UCANS in the development and utilization of neutron-sources and related accelerator-driven technologies.
g g of the meetingg is English.
g
The official language
Focused topics include, but not limited to, accelerator & beam optics, target radiation damage & heat removal, moderator neutronics, optics devices & detectors,
innovative instrumentation, and emerging science and novel applications that are relevant to long-pulse medium-flux neutron sources.

Organizers
Meeting Organizers: Paul Sokol (Indiana), Jie Wei (Tsinghua), and Yoshiaki Kiyanagi (Hokkaido)
Program Committee: David Baxter (Indiana), Chun Loong (Tsinghua), Hirohiko Shimizu (KEK), Yoshihisa Iwashita (Kyoto)
Local Organization Committee: Chun Loong (Tsinghua), Zhiyu Guo (Peking U), Xialing Guan & Beibei Shao (Tsinghua)
Spokesperson: Jack Carpenter (Argonne)
Administrative secretary: Dong Xu (Tsinghua) xudong83@tsinghua.org.cn, Phone: +86-(0)10-62792533

Registration, Abstract Submission, Lodging & Venue, … please see http://www.indiana.edu/~lens/UCANS/AONSA Executive Committee Meeting, Singapore, May 22, 2010

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Expect Increasing Interactions with AONSA To Join the AONSA Schools.
 Universities in South China (Guangdong, Hong Kong & Macau) hope to prompt neutron-

scattering research through interactions with neutron facilities in Asia-Oceania region sothat the learned skills and experiences will benefit the CSNS Project. , e.g., a student fromSYSU is pursuing a PhD degree at KEK/J-PARC. B WangAONSA Executive Committee Meeting, Singapore, May 22, 2010

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Appendix 14 Facility Reports
1. ANSTO (Shane Kennedy)
2. BARC (S.M. Choi for Samrath Chaplot)
3. J-PARC & JRR-3 ((Masatoshi Arai & Mitsuhiro Shibayama)y)
4. HANARO (Kye Hong Lee)
5. SIKKA (Chih-Hao Lee)
6. BATAN (Edy Giri Rachman Putra)
7. CSNS (M. Arai for Fangwei Wang)
8. CARR & CPHS (S.M. Choi for Chun Loong)
Note:- Facility reports from CARR & CPHS (which is combined withassociation report) are included in the Appendix 13 Association Reports.
- Facility report from Malaysia (which is combined with association report)
is included in the Appendix 13 Association Reports.

Report on the OPAL Neutron Beam
Facility
Neutrondiffraction

Shane Kennedy,
Bragg Institute

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Inelastic
neutronscattering

Opal’s current/funded suite of neutron beam instruments
Diffraction

Inelastic scattering

Echidna

QuokkaTaipanhigh resolution

thermal triple axis

powder

WombatPelicanhigh intensity

Cold time-offlight

powderKowariSika

residual stresscold triple axis

Koala

Emu

single crystals

backscattering

Large scale structures
Pinhole SANS

Platypusreflectometry

Kookaburra
ultra-SANS

Bilby
2nd pinhole
SANS

Imaging

Dingoradiography

S J Kennedy, BIAG#13, 1 February 2007

Opal’s current suite of neutron beam instruments
Diffraction

Inelastic
scattering

Echidnahigh resolution
powderTaipanthermal triple axis

WombatPelicanhigh intensity
powderCold time-offlight

KowariSika

residual stresscold triple axis

Koala

Emu

single crystals

backscattering

Imaging

QuokkaPinhole SANS

Platypusreflectometry

Kookaburra
ultra-SANS

Bilby
2nd
pinholeSANS

Dingo
radiography

Large scale
structures

S J Kennedy, BIAG#13, 1 February 2007

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OPAL Scientific usage figures: 2007-2009
U Adelaide, 1%
Other Australian Universities,
Deakin, 1%
3%
S. Australian Museum, 1%

First 4 Proposal Rounds
2007-2009

Griffith U., 1%
UWA, 1%New Zealand, 4%

Taiwan, 9%

UK, 2%UTS, 2%

India 2%
India,

Newcastle U., 2%

USA, 2%

Melbourne U., 2%

China, 2%

Monash U., 3%

Singapore, 2%
ANU, 3%Germany, 1%
Canada, 1%

U Queensland, 3%

France, 1%
S. Africa, 1%

Wollongong U., 4%

Other Asia, 1%
Other Europe, 2%Curtin U., 4%

Summary:

47 % Domestic
30 %International
23 % ANSTOUNSW, 7%ANSTO-Bragg, 19%
Sydney U., 8%
CSIRO, 3%

ANSTO-other, 4%

S J Kennedy, BIAG#13, 1 February 2007

Days Requested in each 6-month proposal round(Nov-09 includes mail-in estimate + existing program commitments)
300

Days Requested

250

May-07
Nov-08May-09
Nov-09

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150

100

50

0
ECHIDNA(powder)

WOMBAT(powder)

KOALA (SXD)

KOWARI(strainscanner)

Instrument

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QUOKKA(SANS)TAIPAN(Thermal 3axis)

Scientific papers so far from OPAL NBF
36 papers from 6 instruments (+12 submitted)
Number of refereed papers (2007-201
N
10)

16
submitted
published

14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
ECHIDNA(powder)

WOMBAT(powder)

KOALA (SXD)

KOWARI(strainscanner)

PLATYPUS(reflectometer)

QUOKKA(SANS)TAIPAN (3axis)

The NBI-2 project; from July 2009
funded through Australia’s Economic Stimulus Plan ($37M)
Nominal
BudgetInstrument/ subproject

AllocatedbudgetApproval
date

High-Resolution Spectrometer(Backscattering)

$10 M

?

June
2010

Small-Angle Scattering Instrument$10 M$ 7.3 MApr 2010

Radiography/Tomography Instrument$5M$ 3.2 MDec 2009

split Cold Neutron Guide (i.e. 2 guides)$5M?

Aug 2010

Sample Environments (12 Tesla, 15 mK, etc.)$5M$ 3.2 MDec 2009$ 37 M
Total
Government Condition: "spend the money within four years“(July 2009 to June 2010)

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The NBI-2 Planning Workshops
Scoping Workshop(ANSTO, 27-28 August, 2009)

Workshop report on Bragg web
pages:

Conceptual Design Workshop(NIST-NCNR; 9 Nov – 4 Dec 2009)(54 page workshop report was
released on 18 January 2010)

http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/current_rese
arch/conferences_and_workshops/workshop_on_instruments_2009

Locating Bilby & Emu in the neutron guide hall

Pelican
Q kk
QuokkaQuokkaBilby

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Needed office space in new building
Office Space in B82
Space in B87

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2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

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The Bragg Institute Extension Sketches

Conclusions• We are in full operational mode on 6
instruments– Next proposal deadline (#5) 30th May 2010
– Goal to run 300+ days per year (255 days in 2009)• 7 more instruments funded, in installation,
awaiting licenses• Demand from Australia, NZ, Asia is growing• Asia-Oceania is in a healthy position– J-PARC, OPAL, HANARO + facilities in China

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Report from INSS (12 May 2010)
Indian Neutron Scattering Society*
It is quite satisfying that the strength of the INSS membership has crossed past 100.

Photograph during the XIV Neutron School/Workshop held in BARC, Mumbai, 5-10 October 2009
C/o Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
Email: neutron@barc.gov.in
Reportt ffrom N
R
NationaltilF
Facility
ilit ffor N
Neutront
B
Beam R
Research,h Dh
Dhruva reactor,t BARC
BARC, IIndia
diIn the National facility of Neutron Beam Research at the Dhruva reactor at BARC, two of the powder diffractometers have3
been upgraded with higher efficiency (higher pressure) He position sensitive detectors.
In addition, one of the ‘day-1’ instrument at Dhruva, at the end of one side of the through tube, is being upgraded with several
new detectors. It is designed specifically for study of magnetic systems. The new detector shield has been recently delivered.
Design of a new instrument for Residual Stress analysis has been approved and its fabrication is being taken up.
About 30 projects continue to run by users from various Indian universities and institutions under the aegis of University
Grants Commission-Department of Atomic Energy Consortium for Scientific Research (UGC-DAE CSR). This is apart fromprojects supported by other agencies and the in-house research.

AONSA EC 2010.05.22

J PARC Neutron Facility Report
J-PARC
J‐PARC Center Materials and Life Science Facility
Masatoshi Arai109AONSA EC 2010.05.22

Status of Neutron Instruments

In operation:
9
On-beam commissioning: 3
Under construction:
3

AONSA EC 2010.05.22#1 Hall#1 Hall

MLF experimental hall

#2 Hall
AMATERAS

HRC

4SEASONS
Protein X‐tal
15 inst funded
8 inst. operational
DNA

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AONSA EC 2010.05.22

Power Upggrading at J-PARC [MMW]Power Upgrading Scenario

Originalgpplan in 2003
Plan for 3GeV

Linac Upgrading to 400MeV

300 kW 1 hourPower for MLF
Plan for 30GeV

test

Power in ISIS
120 kWreliability（93%）
2008年度

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014年度AONSA EC 2010.05.22

Multi-Ei method demonstration

Importance of event‐recording
Distance

Chopper frequency = 200 Hz>> frequency of the source (25Hz)

Detector
Sample1-frame (40msec)

Chopper

1-frame
SourceTime of flight

4SEASONS

Ei =45 meV

Ei =152 meV
140

Ei =21 meV

Ei =12 meV

40

20

20

30

15

15

80
60
40
20

20

10

10

0

0

Energy Transfer (m
meV)

100

Energy Transfer (mmeV)

Energy Transfer (mmeV)

Energy Transfer (m
meV)

120

5

0

10

5

0

-20
-2

-1

0

1

2

Momentum Transfer (r.l.u.)

3

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

Momentum Transfer (r.l.u.)

-1

-0.5

0

0.5

Momentum Transfer (r.l.u.)

1

-0.5

0

0.5

Momentum Transfer (r.l.u.)• 13.7hrs@100kW ⇒ 80min@1MW!

• Multi-Ei data from one data set!
(zoom-in–out in Q-E)

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1

La2CoO4.24Magnetic Excitation

AONSA EC 2010.05.22

Ei=21.6meV

T=6K

T=50K

（5/10夜〜5/13朝）（5/14昼〜5/16朝）

k (rlu)k (rlu)6<E<8meV5<E<8meV4g
h (rlu)0.4<k<0.6rlu

0.4<k<0.6rlu

Energy (meV)

Energy (meV)h (rlu)h (rlu)h (rlu)AONSA EC 2010.05.22

Detector Developments

2‐d scintillation detector with large area

1‐d scintillation detector with large area
Collaboration with ISIS

spatial resolution: 3mm
360 channel / detector
detection efficiency:

70%@1.8Å
1370

Amplifier /discriminator cards

To be usedin X-tal Diff.

2D‐Det.
30x30
cm^2
Encoder200

2‐d scintillation detector
with Wave Length Shift read out
Det. efficiency:
50%@1.8Å
Δr:1mm256ch x 256ch
imaging detector
with WLS readout

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High speed amplifierdiscriminator module

Signal processing
module with FPGAAONSA EC 2010.05.22

Protein Diffractometer iBIX(BL03)-Protein structural molecule glutamic acid α phase Sample:glutamic acid –α phase
Lattice constants
a=7.03 b=8.78 c=10.32
Number of setting
20
Time :102 hrs ~4days
4.0h/setting
Total beam power: 120kWThe first results from iBIX

SamplecrystalHydrogen1mm
By Kasiwagi (Ajinomoto inc)

AONSA EC 2010.05.22

Residual Stress in the ITER TF cable

Guage volume
7×2×15mm31

Nb (110)
Nb3Sn (210)

Nb3Sn (211)

Nb3Sn (321)
Nb3Sn (320)
Nb3Sn (222)

Nb3Sn (400)

2

Peaks
along
axial
direct.

0.12

0.14

γFe(111)Cu (111)0-1

γFe (200)Cu (200)

Superconducting
characters arestrongly depend on
internal stresses incables.
bl

3

γFe (220)Cu (220)

銅(111)に対する強度比 (%)

40.16 0.18 0.20 0.22
格子面間隔 (nm)

0.24

15
1.5

Contraction of
0.23%
along
axial
direct.

強度 (a.u.)

1.0

Successfully observed internal stresses of Nb3Sn
0.5
in the TF cable・ Cable contains only Nb3Sn of 6%
0.0・ neutron transmitted length of 60mm
・ good statistics of peaks in several hours at 120kW・ the observation can bring improvements on Nb3Sn filaments

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0.214

0.216

0.218

格子面間隔 (nm)0.220

AONSA EC 2010.05.22

iMATERIA(BL20) measures Rietveld‐quality dataof 1cc YBCO with less than 10 minutes
YBa2Cu3O7 data @ KENS(3kW) in 1990

YBa2Cu3O7 data @ J‐PARC/iMATERIA @20kW
Intensity estimated gives=>50 times Intense @ 120kW
with much better resolution
from the Poisoned Moderator

20

Preliminary Results of
NOVA (BL21) at 100 kW)

10
G(r)

(Deuterated Vanadium)• D-D correlation in VD2• 4545-degdeg bank data was used forthe reduction• Resulted G(r) is consisted withmodel calculation

0

-10
0

10

20

30

40

50

r (↗ )

20

NOVA result
10
G(r)PDF analysis was started

AONSA EC 2010.05.22

0

30
-10
20
S(Q)

0

5

10
r (↗ )

10

Fm‐3m
0

Kyoto Univ. 0
AIST

15

Calculation by PDFgui

10

20

30
Q (↗ -1)

40

50

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AONSA EC 2010.05.22

Neutron reflectometer with horizontal‐sample geometry(BL16, REFL)
In Summer of 2009, A, B, C and D were installed.
A. Disc chopper
B. Mirror stage
C. Collimators
D. First Slit

Test of ZnS/6LiF 2D
November, 2004
detector 1mm
resolution,and pixel size 0.125mm(RPMT) for the Future GISANS experiments

Ni film on Si with thickness of 500A
Effect of Disk Chopper

AONSA EC 2010.05.22

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AONSA EC 2010.05.22

Summary

1.Accelerator
1
Accelerator runs at very high reliability,
reliability 94%
94%, at 120kW
120kW.
2.8 out of 15 instruments are under operation for the user
programe.
3.Commissioning is going well.
4.Experimental outputs are coming out reasonably.
5.User programme is fairly going well.
((about 300 p
proposalspin a yearyat 120kW))AONSA EC 2010.05.22

Commissioning on AMATERAS(BL14)
Test Experiment on γ‐Picoline‐N‐Oxide 2nd Try
Ei=1.05meV

Pulse Shaping: off100Evvents/hour

Eveents/hour

500
400
300

δhω=20μeV200δhω /Ei=1.9%

100

0
75250

75500

75750

Pulse Shaping: on8060

δhω=12μeV

40020δhω /Ei=1.1%

0
75250

76000

T=4K
2.5

Ei=2.6meV

4000

Ei=2.2meV

3000

8

1000

CH01

6

50000

0.5

Ei=1.7meV
Ei=1.7meVEi=1.5meV

0.075000 75500 76000 76500 77000 77500 E =1.3meV75000 75500 76000 76500 77000 77500
i

ToF (μ-sec.)

45000

115 μeV

2.0

Fast Disk‐Chopper #2: 300Hz 10mm Slit
190 μeV
190 μeV
Fast274
Disk‐Chopper
k Ch 1.5 #3: off‐line
ff l
274 μeV
μeV
Slow Disk‐Choppers: 2nd Frame Condition
1.0
Sum of 106 PSDs
Sum of 70‐80 Pixel (24cm area at Equatorial of Detector Bank )E4i=1.9meV
0

Pulse Shaping: oni

115 μeV

10

2

2000

0
40000

76000

Measuring Time:E =1.05meV
2 hours @ 100kw
60 μeV60 μeV
CH02
Fast Disk‐Chopper #1: Stopped (Pulse Shaping: Off)12 Ei=1.05meVCounts/hour

5000

75750

γ‐Picoline‐N‐Oxide (powder) 1.1g

Ei=3.1meV

6000

Counts/hour

Number of Neutron E
Events / hour

7000

75500

ToF (μ-sec.)

ToF (μ-sec.)
1.1g 10mmφ×20mmh

55000

60000

ToF (μ-sec.)

116

65000

Ei=1.17meV
ToF (μ-sec.)EE
i=1.05meV
i=1.05meV
Ei=0.95meV

70000

75000

80000

AONSA EC 2010.05.22

Proposals from users to MLF
利用者の申請課題
・fractional proposals come from industries.
・number of proposals is gradually increasing
2008
2009A
Univ
21%

Ibaraki
Pref.
33%

Instit.
3%
Indust.
27%

KEK
5%
JAEA abroad
10%
1%

Ibaraki
Pref.
15%

KEK
5%

Univ.
31%

Indust
19%

Univ.
39%

abroad
4%

JAEA
18%

abroad6%

Term(JFY)
T
(JFY)

2009B
KEK Ibaraki
Pref.
JAEA 4%
1%
11%

Instit6%

Indust39%
Instit2%

2008（Dec-Mar）

2009A（Apr-Oct）

2009B（Nov-Mar）

Proposals

98

132

74

Accepted Prop

61

124

70

Allocated time (days)

37

44

40

Avail. Inst (neutron)

4

7

8

Avail. Inst (muon)

1

1

1

2010. 5. 22 AONSA EC Meeting at IMRE, Singapore

HANARO Neutron
Beam Facility Status

Kye Hong LEE
Neutron Science Division
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

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１４

CNRF Project
Completion of Cold Neutron Research Facility Project (’03-’10)• Cold source• Cold Neutron Exp Bldg with 3 new instruments and 3 upgrade
instruments• Neutron Science Div Bldg
• One year extension for TAS and DC-ToF

He-3 Problem• Try to add He-3 extraction facility in the
T iti
TritiumR
Removall FFacility
ilit iin CANDU reactort• Persuading KHNP showing the strong
intend of commercial demand• MEST is organizing meetings and start a
policy project• Contacting Russia• Less than 2 panels of 11 for DC-ToF

118

HANARO Symposium 2010 tocelebrate the inauguration of
CNRF
Daejeon, Rep. of Korea
Nov. 1-2, 2010
Embedded Meetings- IAC meeting- IAEA MEETING

Promoting New Research Reactor Projects
37

119

Neutron Science for Energy• Government Project for Li batteryddevelopmentlt• Diffraction and imaging• LG Chem, Samsung SDI, Hanwha• Fuel cell research with Hyundai Motors,
Samsung SDI• Study for Hydrogen storage

Naro, the second launch

120

Diode effectSingle crystal

Science 2009

Statistics of journals from SANS

▶ Higher impact & Higher cited papers
O Higher Impact Factor papers:- Advanced material[IF 6.8] (1편) : Yoon, Dong Ki(KAIST) / PRL[IF 7.3233] (1 편) : Ryu, Du Ryul
(POSTECH) / Macromolecular [IF 3.75] 6편
- Langmuir [IF 3.248] 2편 / Journal Applied Crystallography [IF 3.5] 3편
O Higher
Hi h cited
i d papers:- Kim, J., Kim, B., Jung, B. (KIST), "Proton conductivities and methanol permeabilities of membranes
made from partially sulfonated polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene-ran-butylene)-block-polystyrene
copolymers" (2002), Journal of Membrane Science, 207 (1), p129-137(2002). Cited 98 times [IF 1.96].
- Ryu, D.Y., Lee, D.J., Kim, J.K., Lavery, K.A., Russell, T.P., Han, Y.S., Seong, B.S., Lee, C.H., Thiyagarajan, P.
"Effect of hydrostatic pressure on closed-loop phase behavior of block copolymers", (2003) PhysicalReview Letters, 90(23), pp.235501/1-235501/4. Cited 34 times[IF 7.323].
41

121

Reactor Hall
ST1 Port

In--service
In
Under way

PGAA, 2003

NR PortTest Station &NeutronRadiography
Facility (NRF),1997
UpgradeResidual Stress
Instrument,2003

ST4 Port

CN Port

Triple Axis
Spectrometer(TAS), 2010

Small Angle
Neutron Scattering(SANS),2001

Cold Neutron
Guide, 2009

NeutronReflectometer(REF-V), 2006
BioDiffractometer(Bio-D), 2010

ST3 Port

High Resolution Powder Diff.
(HRPD),1998

ST2 Port
High Intensity
Powder Diff.
(HIPD), 2008

NeutronReflectometer,(REF-H), 2008

Four Circle Diffractometer(FCD),1999 Upgrade ’05-’06

Number of users, KNBUG members, HANARO4U members
400

368

250

364

350
206

200

293

300

272

262
233

250
200

180

164

152

명
150
수
100

229

110

100명
수

132

120

111

89

72

112

74
52

45

40

50

15

15

2001

2002

150

198
175

50
34

0

0
1998

1999

2000

2003

Instruments 3

159

169

170

210

2005

2006

KNBUG

users
중성자빔 이용자수
Oper days: 158

2004

2007

2008

HANARO4U
하나로4U 가입자수년도중성자빔 전문연구회
회원수
218

184

4

111
5

122

2009

140

145
4

103

110

High Resolution Neutron Powder Diffractometer (HRPD)Team Member- S. S Lee- K.P Hong
- S.J Kim (post doc.)
Instrument Characteristics

Sample Environment-High Temp. vacuum chamber : up to 950 K-Low Temp. CCR : RT to 4.5 K-Magnetic Field : Max. 0.8 T, Electromagnet
Max. 500G, Helmholtz Coil
-Dilution refrigerator & Super conducting
magnet : coming soonPart

Characteristic

Monochromator
Wavelength
Resolution
Neutron Flux at sample

Ge(331),Ge(335)
1.836Å
Δd/d > 2.0%
6
2
~ 3.5 x 10 n/cm /sec

M lti d t tMulti-detectors

32 H
He-3
3 proportionaltil counterst(t(tube:bdia. 50mm)
1-D (100mm 200mm and 200mm
100mm), 2-D (200mm 200mm)
90°

PSD (position sensitive
detectors)
Take off angle
Collimators

In-pile RSC (rotating shutter
collimator) : 20' , 30' , open(~50')
FCU (first collimator unit) : 6', 10',20', open(~50')
Second collimator : 30' , open

Four Circle Diffractometer (FCD)
Team Member- S.A Kim, C.H Lee, I.H Oh- (E.J Shin: texture)
1.000

y/b

0.000
0.000

ORTEP drawing of
packing for DKDP

(a)

x/a

1.000

The projected nuclear
density map

Single crystal(b)

Sample : Cold Rolled and Recrysatllized
Interstitial Free steel (bcc)(a) Measured and calculated pole figure(b) Orientation distribution function(c) Inverse pole figure(c)Texture123

Residual Stress Instrument (RSI)
Stress?

Team Member

RSI Beamline

Sample stage

Analysisroom

Theodolite- W.C Woo
- V.T.Em- J.D Joo (M.S)
- M.H
MH K
Kang (Ph(Ph.D)
D)

Reactor

Monochrometer
Detector

Controller

welcomeusers!

characteristics
sample: Steel, Stainless Steel, Al, Mg, metals & alloys (~20mm penetration)
Sample size: min 5x5x5 ~ max 800x800x800 mm 3 (max 700Kg)
Max 20 KN and 800 °C
Sample volume: 8 ~ 120 mm3 (mainly 2x2x2 mm3)
Max thermal flux: 2.6 x 106 n/㎠s
accuracy (Δd/d) : ~ 6x10-3

•
•
•
•
•
•

bsseong@kaeri.re.kr, chuckwoo@kaeri.re.kr

Neutron Radiography Facility (NRF)
Team Member- C.M Sim- T.J Kim
Landing gear crackdinosaur

1. Neutron Flux: 2x106 ~ 107n/cm2s
2. L/D ratio: 200 ~ 260
3. Temporale po a Resolution:
eso ut o : max.
a . 30 fps
ps
4. Spatial Resolution: 20 μm(Film method), 70μm(CCD
camera method)
5. Utilization: fuel cel, air-craft, missile, detonator,
explosive, ginseng
Fuel cell automobile124

Ex-core Neutron Facility (ENF)
Team Member- S.W Leecharacteristics

application- boron neutron capture therapy- auto-radiography for boron distribution
measurement-pphase contrast imageg- grating based neutron interferometer- dark field image- high resolution neutron image- dynamic neutron image- neutron detector development station

Beam filter
Max thermal flux
Gamma dose
Cd ratioInternal spaceSi(D20cm, L40cm), Bi(D10cm, L15cm)
1.49x109 n/cm2₋s
80cGy/h
152
5.5m(length)x3.5m(height)x 4m(width)

detectors

science CCD (Andor DW936N-BV)
Image plate
Photo multiplication CCD

options

Cold neutron extraction
Double monochromator
High resolution revolution hole
Si gratin gfor phase imaging
Neutron polarizer

S.W. Lee, sw@kaeri.re.kr

SANS

49

125

Q range of SANS
With the thickness of Nafion Membrane
D ~ 5 μm

810

HRSANS (KIST)
D ~ 300 nm

b

7

10

6

10

40M SANS

5

10

-1

dΣ/dΩ (cm )D ~ 40 nm

18M SANS

D ~ 15 nm

~-4

4

10

SANS

~ -3.6

3

10

-1

2

10

12M SANS

USANS

1

10

0

10

8M SANS

-1

10

-5

10

-4

10

-3

-2

10

10

-1

10

-1

Q (Å )
Macromolecules (2006), 39, 4775

40M SANS

specifications
guide length

detector

Monochromator

40M-SANS
20 m

9m

ORDELA 21000N

ORDELA 2660N 2D-

2D-PSD (100 x 100

PSD

cm)

(64.5 x 64.5 cm)

NVS

NVS

Sample Environments Available until
Oct. 2010 0.0015(0.0008) ~ 1.0
Q-range(/Å)
Automatic Sample Exchanger in Room Temperature
Neutronpolarizer
Circulation Bath (Temperature
Control
-25°
25°C/
C/90
90°°C) YES
scale

126

18M-SANS

1 ~ 400 nm

0.002 ~ 1.0
YES
1 ~ 150 nm

40M SANS monochromator shield

Floor shield

Monochromator shield
Lead shield assembling

nvs

guide

Bunker parts

shutter

Quick shutter

127

18M SANS major components

NVS shield(25~40cm high density concrete)

Quick Shutter and shield

Collimator and NVS installation

18M SANS installation

Detector chamber, motor controller, detector transport system

128

SANS Operation• 4 staff for instrument operation• 2 more years for good shape (‘10.3~’12.2). Installation of Polarizer, Lens, and HR-Detector. Development of circulation Bath and else

56

Vertical type RefelctometerBe 필터 냉각 시스템 설치
집속단색기
Be 필터
슬릿유니트
1
공압셔터

기존 부품 이용신규 설계, 제작단색기 차폐체

공압셔터
편극기
광학
슬릿
슬릿지지대 유니트 2-4

CG1 중성자 가이드

검출기

시료대
시료대
지지대
단색기 – 시료 : 3,070mm
슬릿1 - 슬릿 2 : 1,850mm
시료 - 검출기 : 1,480mm
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129

REF-V Specification
Instrument Characteristics

Rx REF REF-V (2006/6 User Open)Part

Characteristic

Monochromator
Wavelength
Wavelength
Resolution
Filter system
Neutron Fluxat sample

Vertical focusing
PG(002)()
4.75 Å, 2θM =90°Δλ/λ < 1.0%

Singledetector
1-D PSD (plan)He3 6 atm.
8 x 12 cm, efficiency
90% at 4Å

LN2, Cooled Be~ 3.5 x 106 n/cm2/sec

Fe/Si super mirror(m=3)
Polarizer,
Analyzer
Mezei type, FR=>0.98
Spin flipper
P =>0.9>0 9Polarization
SampleEnvironment
Facility
Efficiency
Temp. Vacuum0.003
Chamber: ~650QHighregion~ 0.4Å-1K
Low Temp. CCR : 10 K -8
<
Min.
10
Magnetic Field : Max. 0.8 T, Electromagnet
reflectivity
Max. 500G, Helmhlotz Coil
Cryo-Furnace : Plan

CN REF-V (2010/4 relocation)

REF-V relocation
1t Jib crane

REF-V shield

Guide and monochromator

Monochromator and shutter

sample stage and opticalslit stage

Shutter and beam plug

59

130

REF-V sample environment

Helmholtz coil (500G)

magnet (0.8T), power supply

polarizer (m=3)

Samplestage

Liquid Cell(sogang univ)

Vacuum Furnace (650K)

CCR (<10K)
60

Bio-REF Features
An engineering schematic of the Bio-Reflectometer
Flighttube

Beryllium filter
Beam Flight Path

Th-th mode

Detector

Th-2th mode
Monochromator
MonitorSample Translation
Alignment mode

61

131

General Bio-REF Specifications
Instrumental Parameter
Monochromator

Pyrolytic Graphite (002); 0.4°mosaic

Incident neutron wavelength

λ = 4.75 Å

Wavelength resolution

2 % Δλ/ λ(nλ) Filter

Beryllium filter; 60 mm(w) x 50 mm(h) x 50 mm(l)Beam size (continuously variable)

0.01 x 50 mm to 5 x 50 mm

Q range (th-th mode)

0.03 to 0.23Å-1(th-2th mode)

0.03 to 0.6Å-1

Beam size (continuously variable)

0.01 x 50 mm to 5 x 50 mm

Monochromator-to-sample distance2m

Sample-to-detector distance2m

Detector

Linear detector, He3 6atm

62

Thermal TAS development

132

Th-TAS development
2005.6BGU

VSS

RSC(C1)

2007.2

2005.82008.11

Sample Table

2010.1

DFM & DFA

Instr. Ctrl. System

Thermal TAS neutron flux
gold-wire measuement

Neutron flux @ Sample- 4~5 x 109n/cm2/s at monochromator4- 시료 위치 (HOPG-ZYA 단색기 사용)

3(using a flat PG(ZYA) monochromator)

Ei=14.7meV(w/o PG-filter)

1.80E8
1.80E8: 비집속 모드 & 집속모드 Î 세계 최고수준1.80E82

1 50E8
1.50E8
1.40E81y (cm)

1.30E8

Neutron flux @ Monochromator

1.20E80◄ 비집속 모드 : > 108 n/cm2/s

1.10E8-1

1.00E8-2-3

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Cold Neutron Triple-Axis
Spectrometer Installation Plan••••

2010. 05: Major Components Being Ordered2010. 12: Completion of Hardware
2011. 04: Completion of Commissioning
2011. 05: ((Official)) Use of the Instrument
Begins.

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CN-PGAA (CN-Prompt Gamma Activation Analsysis)

중성자
산란장치
NDP

PGAA

CONAS

HANARO원자로냉중성자원및 가이드 벙커67

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Neutron Depth Profile in the world
Institution

Reactor(neutron/cm2 s)

Neutronbeam

NIST (USA)

NBSR

1.2×109

Cold/guide

KAERI (Korea)

HANARO>1.0×109(predicted for
CG4A line)

Cold/guide

ILL (France)

Grenoble, France

1.0×109

Cold/guide

NIST (USA)

NBSR

4.0×108

Thermal/guide

BNL (USA)

HFBR

2.3×108

Cold/guide

1.6×108

KAERI (Korea)

HANARO(predicted for
CG2B line)

Cold/guide

HZB (Germanay)

BER II~10108

Cold/guide

University of Texas-Austin

TRIGA Mark II~107

Thermal/direct

Texas A&M University

Mark II research
reactor

1.4×107

Thermal/direct

University of Michigan

Ford Nuclear
Reactor

1.4×107

Thermal/direct
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Project Leader: Wen-Hsien Li
Project Manager: Chun-Min Wu
Consultant: Peter Vorderwish
Project period: 2005.10-2009.7
Initial budget requested:
NT$0.183 billion
Project budget spent: NT$0.25
billion (might be)

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Edy Giri Rachman Putra
Neutron Scattering Laboratory
National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN)

The inauguration of the BATAN’s neutron scattering
facilities by the President of the Republic ofIndonesia, August 20, 1992

Photo by A. Ikram

The scope of neutron scattering activities:
 Material testing/materials characterization
 Applied materials research Condensed matter researchCommissioned in 1992

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Descriptive parameters of RSG – GASPowerNeutron Flux at core

: 30MW (15MW): 2.5 x 1014 cm-2 s-1

Core
: 180
Active core volume (dm3)
Active core height (cm)
: 60
: 8.675
Loading (Kg 235U)
Number of fuel elements: 40
Number of control elements : 8
Fuel type: U3SiAl - MTR
235U enriched (%): 19.75
235U density (g cm-3): 2.96Moderator / coolant: H2O

Neutron Beam ports: 6 (2 Tangential & 4 Radial)

Commissioned in 1987

Coating
Ni-58

Cross section
33 x 90 mm2

Radius of curvature
3926 m (NG1)6979 m (NG2)

Neutron beam instruments(DN1-M) RSM(DN2) FCD/TD(SN1) TAS
(RN1) NRF
(DN3) HRPD
(SN2) SANS
(SN3) HRSANS: Diffractometer for Residual Stress Measurement: Four Circle Diffractometer/Texture Diffractometer: Triple Axis Spectrometer: Neutron Radiography Facility: High Resolution Powder Diffractometer: Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Spectrometer (SMARTer): High-Resolution Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Spectrometer

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Total length
49 m (NG1)
77.5 (NG2)

Status : Running
Mode :
 Monochromator double focused, bent Si (311) Monochromator take‐offtake off angle 0 – 90°
 Neutron wavelength λ = 1.836 Å Collimation 40’ (before monochromator)
 Collimation 40’ (after sample)
 Detector scanning range ‐5° < 2θ < +115°
 X‐Y‐Z translator goniometer 140, 140, 50 mm
 Tensile rig 0 – 1000 N
 Point detector

M. Rifai Muslih

Development : N/AJICA – 1987 (PD)Utilization :1995 (RSM) Stress measurement of industrials alloys & steel
 Nuclear materials research (CRP ‐ IAEA)

Status : Running
Mode : Texture measurement
 Monochromator bent Si (311) Neutron wavelength λ = 1.278 Å Max neutron flux ∼ 3.8 × 105 cm‐2 s‐1
 Collimation system 20’ and 30’
 θ – 2θ range 0° – 130° φ range 0° – +360°
 χ range ‐40° – +90°
 Materials Analysis Using Diffraction (MAUD)

Tri Hardi Priyanto

Development : Flight tube from first collimator Beam alignment (focused beam)
 Mini furnace for in situ experiment1998 (2000 – 2002)

Utilization : Aluminum & brass, steel (industrial products)

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Status : Running
Mode :
Dr. Iwan Sumirat
Dr. Agus Purwanto

 Unpolarised neutron
 Double‐axis
Double axis measurement
 Monochromator Ge (111) Neutron wavelength λ = 1.4 Å Max neutron flux ∼ 105 cm‐2 s‐1
 Collimation system 20’ and 30’
 Sample table ‐5° < 2θ < +100°

Development : Inelastic measurement (current setting) Micro‐controller for mechanical movement
 Background reduction
 Polariser (long term)

1996 (2004 – 2006)

Utilization : Low resolution diffractometer (testing)Status : Running
Mode :
 Film & real time method Neutron flux ∼ 106 to 107 n cm‐2 s‐1
 Beam size at sample 30 cm in diameter Collimator L/D ratio 83
 Cadmium ratio 6.4
 Neutron/Gamma ratio > 105 n cm‐2 mR‐1
 Gd & X‐ray film converter screen scintilator detector,
ICCD based electronic imaging system

Developmentl: Initial work for developing tomography method

Utilization : Engine, plant, soils, electronic components (testing) Nuclear materials research (CRP ‐ IAEA)

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Dr. Sutiarso

Status : Running
Mode :
Dr. Andika Fajar

 Diffraction measurement
 Monochromator hot‐pressed
hot pressed Ge (331) Take of angle 2θM = 89°
 Neutron wavelength λ = 1.822 Å Max neutron flux ~ 103 cm‐2 s‐1
 Collimation system 1st collimator NG2 (23.4’)
2nd collimator 20’
3rd collimator 6’
 Scattering angle ‐170° < 2θ < +10°

Development : Asymmetric monochromator Vertical focusing monochromator
2001 (2002 – 2003)

Utilization : Magnetic materials, superconductor, solid state chemistry

Status : Running
Mode :

Dr. Edy Giri Rachman Putra

 Preset time measurement
 Neutron wavelength ∼3 – 6 Å (10 – 20%)
 Maximum neutron flux 7.4 x 106 cm‐2 s‐1
 Effective Q range 0.005 – 0.6 Å‐1
 2D‐PSD (1.3 – 18 m & 0.1 m)
 GRAPS, Igor NIST, SASfit, ATSAS.

Development : Preset count system (hardware & software ‐ absolute scale) Automatic sample exchanger & refrigerated heating circulator
 Simultaneous mechanical movement
 Focusing lenses (F‐SANS) under CRP ‐ IAEA

Utilization : Fuel cell & hydrogen storage materials (CRP ‐ IAEA)
 Protein & biological materials (TWAS)
 Colloids, polymers, ceramics, magnetic materials, micellar
solutions,

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1996 ‐ 1997

2003 (2005 – 2007)2008 ‐ 2009

Status : Running
Mode :

Dr. Alan Maulana

 Preset time measurement
 Monochromator PG (004) Take‐off angle 60°
 Neutron wavelength λ = 1.667 Å Double perfect crystals Si(311) Neutron flux before monochromator ∼ 6.5 × 107 cm‐2 s‐1
 Neutron flux at crystal‐1 ∼ 1.13 × 104 cm‐2 s‐1

Development : Preset count system (software) Automatic sample exchanger movement

Utilization : N/A2000 (2008 – 2009)

T l:
Total

Mode :∼ 160 ‐ 170 days per year (2004)

3 x 4 days + 1 x 11 days

Under utilized!
Under developed!

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La9.56Si5.5B0.5O26 & La9.58Si6O26.38

Echidna – medium resolution (2 hr)
3

16x10

EchidnaMedium resolution

12
10

BATAN’s HRPD (39 hr)

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Echidna – high resolution (12 hr)

Intensity (counts)

Intensity (counnts)

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6
4

Silico‐alumino‐boro‐apatites series
for SOFC electrolyte

2
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60

80

100

120

140

2θ / °

Timothy John White & Tom Baikie, Nanyang Technology University,
Singapore

Composition x
Space Group
a (Å)
c (Å)
V (Å3)
GOF
Rexp (%)
Rwp(%)
Rp((%))
Rb(%)

Echidna

BATAN’s HRPD

La9.58
9 58Si6O26.38
26 38
P63/m
9.7157(1)7.1831(1)587.20(1)
2.44
3.24
7.91
6.08
3.04

La9.56
9 56Si5.5
5 5B0.5
0 5O26P63/m
9.6781(5)7.1940(4)583.55(6)
1.12
16.42
18.32
14.03
3.62

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 All neutron scattering instruments are working properly and functionally.
 Triple-Axis spectrometer (TAS) has to be in full operation for inelastic experimentandmeasurement.
d phononht High Resolution SANS (HRSANS) has to be in full operation for covering a wide
Q-range, together with SANS (SMARTer) for nanostructure studies.
 Revitalization & development of other instruments to maintain and improve theirperformance.
• International collaboration or networking, such as under the IAEA CRP, RCA, TC,
TWAS,, etc. on several instruments ((ANSTO – IAEA Collaboratingg Centre,, KAERI –RCARO); FNCA (JAEA) Neutron scattering applications on life sciences (Biology: Protein, virus, etc.)
 The Indonesian neutron user group has to be established (society).

What we have
1. A 30 MW Research Reactor operates at(only) 15 MW
HANAROKAERI
J-PARC, JRR3
CARR
JAEA
CIAE
DRUVA
BARC

2. Seven neutron beam instruments (withvery different condition) – 5 runningwell.
3. Young and eager personnel needed to be
exposed to any established Neutron
Scattering instruments and facilities

What we offer
1. 170 days yearly of beam time
RSG-GAS BATANOPAL - ANSTO

2 O
2.
Open forf regionalil users ‐ based
b d on thethscientific interest (research collaboration)
3. To train the postgraduate students, young
scientists from the region (educational
prog.)
4. Preliminary studies on neutron scatteringexperiment using; RSM, SMARTer, HRPD,
FCD/TD, and NRF.

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Goals
1. Enhancement of theutilization of the reactor and theneutron scattering instruments

HANAROKAERI
J-PARC, JRR3
CARR
JAEA
CIAE

2. Improvement of the capacity
and the capability of personnel
attached to each instrument

DRUVA
BARC

3. Strengthening collaborationin the region by sharing themodalities with others (Malaysia,
Singapore, Thailand, etc.)

RSG-GAS BATANOPAL - ANSTOJAKARTA
Serpong

Guest house

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