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Workshop for active materials experiments at Harwell

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Dates:27 November 2019
Times:09:00 - 17:00
What is it:Workshop
Organiser:Faculty of Science and Engineering
Who is it for:University staff, External researchers, Adults
Speaker:Neil Bourne, David Dye, Thomas Carey, Rob Worth, Phil Frankel, Thomas Connolley, Paul Wady
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Workshop for development of equipment and processes for safe analysis of radioactive user samples using the beamlines on the Harwell site. We will focus on existing capability, science cases and user requirements for future development.

Preliminary schedule:

  • 09:00-11:30 Pre-meeting tour and discussion for attendees arriving the previous night
  • 11:30-12:00 Registration
  • 12:00-12:05 Opening - Prof Neil Bourne, Director of The University of Manchester at Harwell (UoMaH).

Active materials analysis cells under development

  • 12:05-12:25 Paul Wady (UoMaH). Outline of current capabilities/developments.
  • 12:25-12:45 David Dye (Imperial College London). Active handling cells for I12 tomography, diffraction and SAXS under stress, temperature and atmosphere.
  • 12:45-13:30 Lunch

Science talks

  • 13:30-13:50 Thomas Carey (National Nuclear Laboratory). Characterisation of contaminated concrete core retrieved from the cooling pond on the Hunterston nuclear site.
  • 13:50-14:10 Rob Worth (The University of Manchester). Reactivity of U3Si2 with oxygen - and other uranics at Manchester.
  • 14:10-14:30 Phil Frankel (The University of Manchester). Annealing of irradiation damage in Zirconium alloys,

Discussion

  • 14:30-14:45 Break
  • 14:45-16:00 Thomas Connolley (Diamond Light Source) Round table discussion: community requirements, current and future capability.
  • 16:00 Close

Post-meeting

  • 16:00-17:00 Post-meeting discussion and networking opportunity.

REGISTRATION: Registration is necessary via Eventbrite which is the top link under 'More Information' on the right hand side. There is no charge for registration, lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Speakers

Neil Bourne

Organisation: The University of Manchester at Harwell

  • https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/Neil.Bourne.html

David Dye

Organisation: Imperial College London

  • https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/david.dye

Thomas Carey

Organisation: National Nuclear Laboratory

  • https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2129782450_Thomas_Carey

Rob Worth

Organisation: The University of Manchester

  • https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/robert.worth.html

Phil Frankel

Organisation: The University of Manchester, Dalton Nuclear Institute

  • https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/philipp.frankel.html

Thomas Connolley

Organisation: Diamond Light Source

  • https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Instruments/Imaging-and-Microscopy/I12/Staff/Connolley.html

Paul Wady

Organisation: The University of Manchester at Harwell

  • https://www.harwell.manchester.ac.uk/about/people/

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Diamond House - meeting room G59 Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
Didcot
Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE

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+44 (0)1235 778762

uomaharwell@manchester.ac.uk

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