French physicists from the École Polytechnique and the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives have published a paper that looks at the possibility of finding clandestine or rogue nuclear reactors by using mobile neutrino detectors transported by supertankers. The fission of uranium and plutonium produces fission fragments that have too many neutrons. In … Continue reading Finding hidden nuclear reactors with neutrinos