Michael Leyton - Prospects for long-range reactor monitoring with antineutrino detectors

Wednesday 10 Jan 2018, 13:00 → 14:00 Europe/Madrid

Seminar (IFAE)

Michael Leyton (IFAE), Stefano Terzo (IFAE)

Antineutrino detection methods provide a practical, non-intrusive tool for remotely monitoring the activity of nuclear reactors and can serve as a potential safeguard for preventing nuclear proliferation. Next-generation antineutrino detectors will increase sensitivity to neutrino interactions and allow them to fulfill central goals of reactor monitoring for non-proliferation. In this talk, we examine the prospects of using antineutrino detectors to monitor the operational status of reactors at long range and to observe changes in spectral shape due to fuel burn-up.