OYSTER

OYSTER (Optimized Yield for Science, Technology & Education, of Radiation) is the project that will make the applicablity of the research reactor and the associated neutron scattering equipment much wider, and provide the user with more precise results in a shorter time.

The installation of a liquid hydrogen cold neutron source is an essental element in the project. The recatro core is to be compacted and teh power increased to 3 MW. The availability of cold neutrons will result in new, more interesting applicability for most of the existing neutron instruments. At the same time, the positron source will increase siginificantly in brightness.

This image shows the reactor and the reactor-based neutron and positron instruments foreseen in the adjacent beam guide hall.

The project is described in more detail in a downloadable .pdf.

The design of the neutron diffraction facility is evolving rapdily, the most recent design is availabe at the website of the NPM2 research section here.

The Dutch government decided to implement OYSTER on January 20, 2012.