Likelihood and impact of severe space weather events on the resilience of nuclear power and safeguards monitoring.

该项目的目的是提高地面中子监测仪区分不同来源中子的能力和性能。因此，在处理裂变材料的核许可场所减少假阳性临界警报的机会，并提高核电站和电网对地磁感应电流的恢复能力。这项研究的好处是双重的。一个强大的中子探测监测系统，可减少核场址因空间天气事件引起的假阳性临界警报，并提供可能损坏核场址关键基础设施（如电源）的空间天气的快速和准确数据。

The project aim is to increase the capability and performance of ground level neutron monitors in differentiating between neutrons of differing origin. Thus, reducing the chances of false-positive criticality alarms at nuclear licensed sites handling fissile materials and improving the resilience of nuclear power stations and power grids to geomagnetically inducted currents.The benefits of this research are twofold. A robust monitoring system for neutron detection that could reduce false positive criticality alarms at nuclear sites caused by space weather events, and providing rapid and accurate data on space weather which may damage critical infrastructure at the nuclear site (e.g., power supplies).