Nu Tools: Exploring Practical Roles for Neutrinos in Nuclear Energy and Security
Oluwatomi Akindele, Nathaniel Bowden, Rachel Carr, Andrew Conant,, Milind Diwan, Anna Erickson, Michael Foxe, Bethany L. Goldblum, Patrick, Huber, Igor Jovanovic, Jonathan Link, Bryce Littlejohn, Pieter Mumm, Jason, Newby

TL;DR
This study evaluates practical roles for neutrino detectors in nuclear energy and security, emphasizing user needs and technological feasibility to guide future applications and research.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive framework and use case analysis for applying neutrino technology in nuclear security and energy, based on extensive expert engagement.
Findings
Neutrino technology has potential in nuclear security applications.
User needs and constraints are critical for practical implementation.
Engagement with stakeholders guides feasible neutrino applications.
Abstract
For decades, physicists have used neutrinos from nuclear reactors to advance basic science. These pursuits have inspired many ideas for application of neutrino detectors in nuclear energy and security. While developments in neutrino detectors are now making some of these ideas technically feasible, their value in the context of real needs and constraints has been unclear. This report seeks to help focus the picture of where neutrino technology may find practical roles in nuclear energy and security. This report is the final product of the Nu Tools study, commissioned in 2019 by the DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (DNN R&D). The study was conducted over two years by a group of neutrino physicists and nuclear engineers. A central theme of the study and this report is that useful application of…
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