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The Nucifer Experiment is a proposed test of equipment and methodologies for using neutrino detection (or, more specifically, antineutrino detection) for the monitoring of nuclear reactor activity and the assessment of the isotopic composition of reactor fuels for non-proliferation treaty compliance monitoring. Based upon an idea proposed by L.A. Mikaélyan in 1977, the Nucifer Experiment was proposed to the IAEA in October 2008. The Nucifer Collaboration consists of researchers from a variety of French research institutions, including (Subatech ) and CEA Saclay and from the (Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik ) in Heidelberg, Germany. No information appears to be available regarding the origin of the name "Nucifer". It is sometimes published in all-caps ("NUCIFER"), implying that it might be an acronym, but this usage is not consistent, not even among publications and presentations written by participants in the project. == Background == Following the 1977 suggestion by Mikaélyan and his collaborators of using neutrino detection for nuclear monitoring,〔Yu. V. Klimov, ''et al.'' ("Neutrino method remote measurement of reactor power and power output" ) ''Atomic Energy'', Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 123-127, 1994〕〔L. A. Mikaélyan "Neutrino Laboratory in the Atomic Plant (Fundamental and Applied Researches)", ''Neutrino-77. Proceedings of the International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Neutrino Astrophysics held 18-24 June, 1922 in Baksan Valley.'', Moscow: Publishing Office "Nauka" vol. 2, p.383 , 1977. 〕 little work was pursued regarding implementation of the concept until researchers from the Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories constructed a prototype antineutrino detector using 0.64 ton of Gadolinium-doped liquid scintillator and placed it 25 m from the core of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in California.〔 N. Bowden ''et al.'', “Experimental results from an antineutrino detector for cooperative monitoring of nuclear reactors,” ''Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A, Accel. Spectrum. Detect. Assoc. Equip.'', vol. 572, pp. 985–998, 2007〕〔N. Bowden, (“Status of recent detector deployment(s) at SONGS,” ) presented at the AAP Workshop, Paris, France, Dec. 2007〕〔 N.Bowden, “Reactor monitoring and safeguards using antineutrino detectors,” ''J. Phys., Conf. Ser.'', vol. 136, p. 022008, 2008〕 At an October 2008 meeting of the IAEA Novel Technologies group in Vienna, the results of the SONGS experiment were reviewed and found to demonstrate the potential for the approach. At that same meeting, participants in the Nucifer collaboration presented their proposal to construct a similar but improved detector. Their proposal included the results of extensive simulations illustrating the viability of the approach〔“Final Report: Focused Workshop on Antineutrino Detection for safeguards Applications”, report of IAEA Workshop, IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria, Oct. 2008〕 and is currently being evaluated by that body as a potential safeguard against nuclear weapons proliferation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nucifer experiment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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