18–21 Sept 2023
The Guildhall York
Europe/London timezone

Nu Tools: Exploring Practical Roles for Neutrinos in Nuclear Energy and Security

18 Sept 2023, 15:25
20m
The Guildhall York

The Guildhall York

St Martins Courtyard, Coney St, York YO1 9QL

Speaker

Michael Foxe (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Description

The Nu Tools study was developed to explore the potential roles for neutrino within nuclear energy and nuclear security. This effort differs from previous neutrino detector studies as it is focused on the potential utilities and determining if there is a possible use case for neutrino detectors as a monitoring technology. Due to the importance of understanding potential use cases, this effort focused on interviewing experts working in the respective application areas. These experts focused on nuclear safeguards and nuclear reactor operations, while also including a set of neutrino technology experts. This presentation will describe the details of the Nu Tools study and methods, the Nu Tools Framework, cross-cutting and use-case specific findings for the study.

Abstract title Nu Tools: Exploring Practical Roles for Neutrinos in Nuclear Energy and Security

Primary authors

Michael Foxe (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Oluwatomi Akindele (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Nathaniel Bowden (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Rachel Carr (US Naval Academy) Andrew Conant (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Miland Diwan (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Anna Erickson (Georgia Institute of Technology) Bethany Goldblum (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; University of California, Berkeley) Patrick Huber (Virginia Tech) Igor Jovanovic (University of Michigan) Jonathan Link (Virginia Tech) Bryce Littlejohn (Illinois Institute of Technology) Pieter Mumm (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Jason Newby (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Presentation materials