Characterization of the ambient background in the RED-100 experiment location at Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant

• Published in: Journal of instrumentation Vol. 18; no. 12; p. P12002
• Main Authors: Akimov, D.Y., Alexandrov, I.S., Belov, V.A., Bolozdynya, A.I., Etenko, A.V., Galavanov, A.V., Gusakov, Yu.V., Khromov, A.V., Konovalov, A.M., Kornoukhov, V.N., Kovalenko, A.G., Kozlova, E.S., Kumpan, A.V., Lavrov, B.O., Lukyashin, A.V., Pinchuk, A.V., Razuvaeva, O.E., Rudik, D.G., Shakirov, A.V., Simakov, G.E., Sosnovtsev, V.V., Vasin, A.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.12.2023
• Subjects: Coherent scattering; Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPGe, HgI etc); Neutrino detectors; Neutron detectors (cold, thermal, fast neutrons); Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase); Nuclear power plants; Reactor cores; Xenon
• ISSN: 1748-0221; 1748-0221
• DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/18/12/P12002

Abstract The RED-100 experiment with a liquid xenon target was carried out at Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant. The goal of the experiment is the detection and study of the coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering process (CEνNS) for the low-energy antineutrinos in close vicinity to a reactor core. A good understanding of the external radioactive background is needed to achieve this goal. This paper describes the external background conditions for the RED-100 experiment at Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant.