@inproceedings{339c02ae6b98406f96d2a606a291c28d,
title = "Reactor neutrino detection for non proliferation with the NUCIFER experiment",
abstract = "The major advances achieved over the last decades in the understanding of fundamental neutrino physics allow us to apply the detection of reactor antineutrino signals to automatic and non-intrusive nuclear power plant surveys. Here we present the NUCIFER experiment, a 1 ton Gd-doped liquid scintillator detector to be installed a few 10 m from a reactor core for measurements of its thermal power and Plutonium content. The design of such a small volume detector has been focused on high detection efficiency (∼50\%) and good background rejection. Detailed simulations of reactor emitted antineutrino spectrum and detector response have been developed and used to calculate the NUCIFER sensitivity to illicit retrieval of Pu from the core. These results have been presented in October 2008 to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which has expressed its interest in the potentialities of this detector as a new safeguard tool.",
keywords = "Detection, Neutrino, Reactor, Safeguard",
author = "A. Porta and Bui, \{V. M.\} and M. Cribier and M. Fallot and M. Fechner and L. Giot and T. Lasserre and A. Letourneau and D. Lhuillier and J. Martino and G. Mention and D. Motta and Mueller, \{Th A.\} and R. Queval and Sida, \{J. L.\} and C. Varignon and F. Yermia",
year = "2009",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/ANIMMA.2009.5503653",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781424452088",
series = "ANIMMA 2009 - 2009 1st International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods and their Applications",
booktitle = "ANIMMA 2009 - 2009 1st International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods and their Applications",
note = "2009 1st International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods and their Applications, ANIMMA 2009 ; Conference date: 07-06-2009 Through 10-06-2009",
}