Current status of HRPD at JRR-3

Igawa, Naoki   ; Kodama, Katsuaki   ; Shamoto, Shinichi  

High Resolution Powder Diffractometer (HRPD) at the neutron beam line of the Japan Research Reactor-3, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) is a versatile general purpose powder diffractometer for a wide field of structural studies. According to the basis of the section of "Utilization of Radiation" in JAEA's commission "Framework for Nuclear Energy Policy", the HRPD has widely opened for user visitors since the establishment of JAEA in October 2005. Because of high quality, easy operation, and a large number of demands for the determination of the crystal structures, the HRPD become one of the most active spectrometers in JRR-3. In this presentation, the details of the current status and topics of the HRPD will be reported.