High Flux Isotope Reactor as a Neutrino Factory (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

High Flux Isotope Reactor as a Neutrino Factory

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The High Flux Isotope Reactor, a Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility that creates continuous neutron beams, is the site of a new neutrino experiment. Yale-led PROSPECT will probe neutrinos formed as a byproduct of radioactive decay processes.

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy; photographer Genevieve Martin

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