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The angra project: monitoring nuclear reactors with antineutrino detectors
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posted on 2023-06-10, 01:46 authored by J C Anjos, A F Barbosa, Thiago Sogo BezerraThiago Sogo Bezerra, P Chimenti, L F G Gonzalez, E Kemp, M A Leigui De Oliveira, H P Lima, R M Lima, H NunokawaWe present the status of the Angra Neutrino project, describing the development of an antineutrino detector aimed at monitoring nuclear reactor activity. The experiment will take place at the Brazilian nuclear power plant located in Angra dos Reis. The Angra II reactor, with 4 GW of thermal power, will be used as a source of antineutrinos. A water Cherenkov detector will be placed above ground in a commercial container outside the reactor containment, about 30 m from the reactor core. With a detector of one ton scale a few thousand antineutrino interactions per day are expected. We intend, in a first step, to use the measured neutrino event rate to monitor the on-off status and the thermal power delivered by the reactor. In addition to the safeguards issues the project will provide an alternative tool to have an independent measurement of the reactor power.
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AIP Conference ProceedingsISSN
0094-243XPublisher
AIPExternal DOI
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1Volume
1222Page range
427-430Event name
NEUTRINO FACTORIES, SUPERBEAMS, AND BETA BEAMS: 11th International Workshop on Neutrino Factories, Superbeams and Beta Beams—NuFact09Event location
Chicago, IllinoisEvent type
conferenceEvent date
20–25 July 2009ISBN
9780735407633Department affiliated with
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