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

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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.