Speaker
Prof.
Pietro Chimenti
(UFABC)
Description
We describe the status of the ANGRA Project, aimed at developing an anti-neutrino detector for monitoring nuclear reactors. Indeed the detection of anti-neutrinos provides a unique handle for non-invasive measurements of the nuclear fluel. This kind of measurements are of deep interest for developing new safeguards tools which may help in nuclear non-proliferation programs. The ANGRA experiment, placed at about 30 m from the core of the 4 GW Brazilian nuclear power reactor ANGRA II, is based on a water Cherenkov detector with about one ton target mass. A few thousand anti-neutrino interactions per day are expected. The latest results from simulations and the status of the construction are presented.
Primary author
Prof.
Pietro Chimenti
(UFABC)
Co-authors
Mr
Arthur Villar
(CBPF)
Dr
Barbosa Ademarlaudo
(CBPF)
Prof.
Ernesto Kemp
(Unicamp)
Dr
Gabriel Azzi
(CBPF)
Mr
Gama Rafael
(CBPF)
Prof.
Germano Guedes
(UEFS)
Dr
Herman Lima
(CBPF)
Prof.
Hiroshi Nunokawa
(PUC)
Prof.
Iuri Pepe
(UFBA)
Prof.
João Anjos
(CBPF)
Mr
Luis Fernando Gonzales
(Unicamp)
Mr
Marcelo Augusto Leigui
(UFABC)
Dr
Mario Vaz
(CBPF)
Prof.
Paulo Cesar Faria
(UEFS)
Mr
Thiago Bezerra
(Unicamp)
