A nuclear resonant scattering beamline, BL09XU at SPring-8 has been constru
cted for the development of new experimental methods using nuclear resonant
scattering and the study of materials science using nuclear coherent scatt
ering and nuclear inelastic scattering. An in-vacuum linear undulator insta
lled in the storage ring can produce intense X-rays up to 80keV. More than
30 kinds of nuclear levels exist in this energy range. The general layout,
the properties and the present status of the beamline are reported, (C) 200
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