Kookaburra beams on ANSTO
Friday, 13 March, 2009
ANSTO will build an ultra small-angle neutron scattering instrument (USANS) nicknamed Kookaburra, the tenth neutron beam instrument at the Sydney nuclear facility.
Kookaburra will complement the existing small-angle neutron scattering instrument called Quokka and will extend the range down to 20 microns.
It will be used for biological and materials sciences, including studying how viruses react under various conditions and stimuli.
The project is led by Dr Christine Rehm, a specialist in neutron instrumentation design and optimisation.
Kookaburra’s measurement range starts at 100 nanometres and goes up to 10 microns. Costing $2.7 million, it is expected to be operating by mid-2013.
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