Patent · US Active

Methods and apparatus for directional detection of antineutrinos

US10436919B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC · US

Inventors

Steven Dazeley · Oakland, US
Marc Bergevin · Pleasant Hill, US
Adam Bernstein · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 13, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T1/29
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Nuclear reactors are emitters of a fundamental particle known as an antineutrino. The antineutrinos emitted as a result of nuclear fission reactions inside a reactor core carry information about those fission reactions. To detect the antineutrinos emitted by the nuclear reactor, the exemplary detector detects a positron event followed by a neutron event. The exemplary detector can also reconstruct the direction of the detected neutron to remove events produced by cosmogenic fast neutrons from the neutrons generated by the nuclear fission.

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