Nutools Findings 1: Applications For Current Safeguards And Operations

Year
2021
Author(s)
Andrew Conant - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oluwatomi Akindele - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Nathaniel S. Bowden - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Rachel Carr - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Milind Diwan - Brookhaven National Laboratory
Anna Erickson - Georgia Institute of Technology
Michael Foxe - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Bethany Goldblum - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Patrick Huber - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Igor Jovanovic - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jonathan Link - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Bryce Littlejohn - Illinois Institute of Technology
Hans Pieter Mumm - National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jason Newby - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Abstract
Abstract INMM 62nd Annual Meeting August 21-26, 2021, Vienna, Austria NuTools Findings 1: Applications for Current Safeguards and OperationsAndrew ConantOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USAThe NuTools study has evaluated the utility of neutrino detectors in a wide variety of nuclear reactor applications using its utility framework. More than 40 interviews were conducted with technical and policy experts in the reactor, neutrino, and safeguards communities, focusing on specific use cases. This presentation will review findings that identified features that cut across all potential neutrino use cases and those relevant to current needs. These findings include two cross-cutting findings, technical readiness and end user perception, and two technical findings applicable to safeguards and instrumentation needs at current reactors. The subsequent findings for future safeguards needs will be addressed in the next talk (NuTools Findings 2).This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D under contracts DE-AC52-07NA27344, DE-AC05-00OR22725, DE-AC05-76RL01830.