To Catch a Plutonium Thief, Try Antineutrinos [News]
Thursday, May 8, 2008 - 12:56
in Physics & Chemistry
A new more secure technology for guarding against theft from nuclear reactors has passed its first test.Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif., successfully monitored the power output of a relatively small nuclear power reactor by measuring the number of antineutrinos--ghostly particles generated by nuclear fission--that struck a refrigerator-size tank of liquid. [More]
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