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Description
Nuclear reactors are one of the major sources that have been used to study neutrinos. Reines and Cowan first detected neutrinos from Savannah River P Reactor. Later the KamLAND experiment observed neutrino oscillation and measured the oscillation parameter $\Delta m_{12} ^2$. The Daya Bay experiment precisely measured the mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ which was verified independently by Reno and Double-Chooz. Currently several short range reactor neutrino experiments are setting limits for sterile neutrino oscillations. Further, there is an ongoing effort to develop applications of neutrinos for nuclear reactor safeguard instrumentation and non-proliferation. This talk will give a brief overview of reactor neutrino experiments and the possible applications.
