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Author (up) Double Chooz Collaboration (Abrahao, T. et al); Novella, P. url  doi
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  Title First Measurement of Neutrino Emissions from Spent Nuclear Fuel by the Double Chooz Experiment Type Journal Article
  Year 2026 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.  
  Volume 137 Issue 6 Pages 061803 - 9pp  
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  Abstract Neutrino emission from nuclear reactors provides real-time insights into reactor power and fuel evolution, with potential applications in monitoring and nuclear safeguards. Following reactor shutdown, a low-intensity flux of “residual neutrinos” persists due to the decay of long-lived fission isotopes in the partially burnt fuel remaining within the reactor cores and in spent nuclear fuel stored in nearby cooling pools. The Double Chooz experiment at the Chooz B nuclear power plant in France achieved the first quantitative measurement of this residual flux based on 17.2 days of reactor-off data. In the energy range where the residual signal is most pronounced, the neutrino detector located 400 m from the cores recorded 106 + 18 neutrino candidate events (5.9 sigma significance). This measurement is in excellent agreement with the predicted value of 88 + 7 events derived from detailed reactor simulations modeling the decay activities of fission products and incorporating the best-available models of neutrino spectra.  
  Address [Abrahao, T.; dos Anjos, J. C.; Chimenti, P.; Lima Jr, H. P.; Pepe, I. M.] Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; [Abrahao, T.; Cabrera, A.; Dawson, J., V; Givaudan, A.; Gomez, H.; Hourlier, A.; Karakac, M.; Kryn, D.; Lasserre, T.; Obolensky, M.; Oralbaev, A.; Wagner, S.] Univ Paris, APC, CNRS, Astroparticule & Cosmol, F-75006 Paris, France; [Almazan, H.; Buck, C.; Haser, J.; Lasserre, T.; Lindner, M.; Onillon, A.; Schoppmann, S.] Max Planck Inst Kernphys, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany; [Appel, S.; Oberauer, L.; Perisse, L.; Schonert, S.; Stock, M. R.] Tech Univ Munich, Phys Dept, D-85748 Garching, Germany; [Barriere, J. C.; Corpace, O.; Gomez, H.; Lasserre, T.; Lhuillier, D.; Mention, G.; Minotti, A.; Onillon, A.; Scola, L.; Sibille, V.; Veyssiere, C.; Vivier, M.] Univ Paris Saclay, IRFU, CEA, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France; [Bekman, I.; Hellwig, D.; Nikitenko, Y.; Soldin, P.; Stahl, A.; Wiebusch, C.] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Phys Inst 3, D-52056 Aachen, Germany; [Bezerra, T. J. C.; Martino, J.; Pronost, G.; Viaud, B.; Yermia, F.] Univ Nantes, Subatech, CNRS, IMT Atlantique, F-44307 Nantes, France; [Blucher, E.] Univ Chicago, Enrico Fermi Inst, Chicago, IL 60637 USA; [Bourgeois, C.; Cabrera, A.; Du, J. F.; Navas-Nicolas, D.] Univ Paris Saclay, IJC Lab, CNRS, Orsay, France; [Busenitz, J.; Reichenbacher, J.; Stancu, I.] Univ Alabama, Dept Phys & Astron, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA; [Cabrera, A.; Du, J. F.] CEA, LNCA Underground Lab, CNRS, Chooz, France; [Cerrada, M.; Gil-Botella, I.; Navas-Nicolas, D.; Novella, P.; Palomares, C.] Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol, Madrid 28040, Spain; [Chauveau, E.; Jollet, C.; Kale, K.; Meregaglia, A.] Univ Bordeaux, CNRS, LP2I, UMR 5797, F-33170 Gradignan, France; [Djurcic, Z.; Goodman, M. C.; Yang, G.] Argonne Natl Lab, Argonne, IL 60439 USA; [Furuta, H.; Suekane, F.] Tohoku Univ, Res Ctr Neutrino Sci, Sendai 9808578, Japan; [Hara, T.; Maeda, J.] Kobe Univ, Dept Phys, Kobe 6578501, Japan; [Ishitsuka, M.; Kaneda, M.; Kuze, M.; Sharankova, R.] Inst Sci Tokyo, Dept Phys, Tokyo 1528551, Japan; [Jochum, J.; Lachenmaier, T.; Stokes, L. F. F.] Univ Tubingen, Kepler Ctr Astro & Particle Phys, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany; [Kawasaki, T.] Kitasato Univ, Dept Phys, Sagamihara 2520373, Japan; [Kemp, E.] Univ Estadual Campinas, UNICAMP, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP, Brazil; [Lane, C. E.; Maricic, J.; Miletic, T.; Milincic, R.] Drexel Univ, Dept Phys, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA; [LoSecco, J. M.] Univ Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA; [Maeda, J.; Matsubara, T.; Sumiyoshi, T.] Tokyo Metropolitan Univ, Dept Phys, Tokyo 1920397, Japan; [Mariani, C.] Virginia Tech, Ctr Neutrino Phys, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA; [Mougeot, X.] Univ Paris Saclay, CEA, List, Lab Natl Henri Becquerel LNE LNHB, F-91120 Palaiseau, France; [Almazan, H.] Basque Excellence Res Ctr, Donostia Int Phys Ctr, Donostia San Sebastian, Spain; [Bezerra, T. J. C.] Univ Sussex, Dept Phys & Astron, Brighton, England; [Chimenti, P.] Univ Estadual Londrina, BR-86057970 Londrina, Brazil; [Ishitsuka, M.] Tokyo Univ Sci, Noda, Chiba, Japan; [Lima Jr, H. P.] Gran Sasso Sci Inst, I-67100 Laquila, Italy; [Maricic, J.] Univ Hawaii Manoa, Phys & Astron Dept, Honolulu, HI USA; [Matsubara, T.] High Energy Accelerator Res Org KEK, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; [Miletic, T.] Arcadia Univ, Phys Dept, Glenside, PA 19038 USA; [Novella, P.] CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, IFIC, Paterna 46980, Spain; [Novella, P.] UV, Paterna 46980, Spain; [Perisse, L.] Univ Tokyo, Int Res Lab, ILANCE, CNRS, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778582, Japan; [Pronost, G.] Univ Tokyo, ICRR, Kamioka Observ, Kamioka, Gifu 5061205, Japan; [Reichenbacher, J.] South Dakota Sch Mines & Technol, Rapid City, SD 57701 USA; [Schoppmann, S.] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Detektorlab, Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Mainz, Germany; [Yang, G.] SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11755 USA, Email: thierry.lasserre@mpi-hd.mpg.de;  
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  Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0031-9007 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:001843305600001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 7376  
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