Published in Physics World, 24 Nov 2010
Oil tankers fitted with neutrino detectors, hundreds of thousands of tonnes in mass, could be floated offshore to check for undeclared nuclear fission reactors. That’s the idea of physicists in France, who have proposed the Secret Neutrino Interactions Finder (SNIF) as a way of enforcing the nuclear non-proliferation treaty – although some experts doubt its feasibility. […]
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