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Testing of reactor antineutrino detector S-cube

Author
Špavorová  Mária, Mgr. Institute of Exprimental and Applied Physics CTU in Prague
Fajt Lukáš, Mgr. Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics CTU
Hodák Rastislav, Mgr. Ph.D. Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics CTU
Přidal Petr, Ing. Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics CTU
Rukhadze  Ekaterina, Mgr. Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics CTU
Štekl Ivan, doc. Ing. CSc. Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics CTU
Vlášek Jakub, Ing. Institute of Exprimental and Applied Physics CTU
et al.  different institutions

Year
2016

Scientific journal
Proceedings of the AYSS-2016, 250-254

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Abstract
Proceedings of the XX International Scientific Conference of Young Scientists and Specialists (AYSS-2016)

The project of the construction of the experimental setup for detection of reactor antineutrinos, which is realized within common project between the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics of Czech Technical University (IEAP CTU) in Prague and Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, is presented. The testing prototype of detector of reactor antineutrinos, which consists of 18 polystyrene based scintillating plates, has been tested. The background measurement with complex shielding (100-years old lead, polyethylene
and borated polyethylene) as well as background measurement without shielding is shown in order to demonstrate the influence of shielding on background suppression. Testing of
neutron conversion layers proposed by IEAP CTU and manufactured by the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (IMC) of the Czech Academy of Sciences is also shown. A first prototype of the detector of reactor antineutrinos (40 × 40 × 40 cm3), called S-cube, which will consist of polystyrene based plastic scintillators (80 pieces, 40 × 20 × 1 cm3), is under construction. Such detector can be used for the detection of reactor antineutrinos, as well as measurement of their energy spectra and possibly investigation of short-range neutrino
oscillations. Moreover, such detector should be able to measure reactor power, estimate isotopic composition of the reactor fuel and so prevent illegal production of plutonium used
for the construction of nuclear weapons.

Cite article as:
M. Špavorová , L. Fajt, R. Hodák, P. Přidal, E. Rukhadze , I. Štekl, J. Vlášek, . et al., "Testing of reactor antineutrino detector S-cube", Proceedings of the AYSS-2016, 250-254 (2016)