Published September 1, 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Reactor antineutrino monitoring with a plastic scintillator array as a new safeguards method

  • 1. Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Physics, School of Science, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 133-0033 (Japan)
  • 3. International Center for Elementary Particle Physics, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 133-0033 (Japan)
  • 4. Oarai Research and Development Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 4002, Naritacho, Oarai-machi, Higashiibaraki-gun, Ibaraki 311-1393 (Japan)

Description

We developed a segmented reactor-antineutrino detector made of plastic scintillators for application as a tool in nuclear safeguards inspection and performed mostly unmanned field operations at a commercial power plant reactor. At a position outside the reactor building, we measured the difference in reactor antineutrino flux above the ground when the reactor was active and inactive

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.04.065

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2014.04.065;
arXiv
arXiv:1404.7309v2;
PII
S0168-9002(14)00478-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
757
Journal Page Range
p. 33-39
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

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