Probing past and future materials with neutrons
Further reading
April-May 2007, pages 83-87
The many facets of OPAL
Looks at the properties and the generation of neutrons.
December 2006, pages 12-14
Nuclear science at ANSTO (by Matthew Brace)
Summarises the uses for Australia’s research reactor.
LabTalk
No. 3, 2007, pages 22-23
Advancing science with neutrons
Provides an introduction to neutrons and neutron scattering.
June 2009, pages 23-25
See things you’ve never seen before: Neutron beams reveal the structure within.
Provides some applications of neutron beams in Australia.
9 June 2006
Nuclear reactors 'evolve' inside supercomputers (by Tom Simonite)
Looks at the use of computer simulations to improve nuclear reactor designs.
8 October 2005, page 29
Hot new fuel for nuclear reactors
Describes the addition of beryllium oxide to uranium pellets to improve the longevity of reactor fuel.
3 June 2000, page 7
Cracking up (by Justin Mullins)
Describes the use of a new lens to sharply focus neutrons to analyse welds in aircraft or spacecraft.
6 June 2002
New phase shift for neutrons
Reports that experiments confirm predictions about the quantum properties of neutron beams.
December 1997
Neutrons for the future (by John Finney and Uschi Steigenberger)
Describes the current state-of-the-art in neutron science and outlines plans for a new European neutron source.
February 2007
From neutrons to neurons
Looks at the use of neutron beams and X-rays from a synchrotron to study living matter.
No. 41, May 2004
de Gennes – in perpetual motion
An interview with Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, a Nobel prize-winner in physics.
17 July 2006
How do fast breeder reactors differ from regular nuclear power plants?
Explains the difference between neutrons produced in normal fission reactors and breeder reactors.
June 2007
Wombat shows its grunt
Looks at the research opportunities and potential of the OPAL reactor.
September 2006
Neutrons put the brakes on stress (by Katynna Gill)
Describes experiments using neutrons to analyse stresses in brake discs.
Page updated August 2009.