Using antineutrinos to monitor nuclear reactors
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 09:50
in Physics & Chemistry
When monitoring nuclear reactors, the International Atomic Energy Agency has to rely on input given by the operators. In the future, antineutrino detectors may provide an additional option for monitoring. However, heretofore the cumulative antineutrino spectrum of uranium 238 fission products was missing. Physicists at Technische Universität München have now closed this gap using fast neutrons from the Heinz Maier Leibnitz Neutron Research Facility.