Reactor Anti-Neutrino Monitoring R.A.M. -- Plutonium Accounting using T2K ECal Technology

利物浦大学物理系的中微子小组正在开发中微子探测技术的应用，他们正在当前的实验中使用这些技术，或者为未来的实验开发这些技术。为了安全和不扩散的目的，正在开发远程反中微子探测，以便对反应堆堆芯进行连续、自动和非侵入性的钚监测和核算。这里采取的办法是按照《核不扩散条约》的要求，改进对核反应堆的合作监测。国际原子能机构已经批准了对这种反中微子探测技术的研究，目前正在欧洲和美国进行。主要目标是利用基于T2K ECal技术的中微子通量，建立一个概念验证型探测器，用于反应堆堆芯的远程连续监测和钚核算。

The neutrino group in the Physics Department at Liverpool University is developing applications for neutrino detection technologies which they are using in current experiments or developing for future ones.Remote anti-neutrino detection is being developed for continuous, automatic, and non-intrusive plutonium monitoring and accounting of a reactor core, for security and non-proliferation purposes. The approach pursused here is for improved cooperative monitoring of nuclear reactors, as required by the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. The IAEA have endorsed research into this anti-neutrino detection technology, which is currently ongoing in Europe and the USA. The main objective is to build a proof-of-concept, detector for remote continuous monitoring and plutonium accounting of reactor cores using the neutrino flux based upon T2K ECal technology.