Which is the following is probably NOT a reason that an experiment to search for

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Question

Which is the following is probably NOT a reason that an experiment to search for neutrinos was conducted near a nuclear reactor?

A. Since the neutrino interacts so weakly, one needs a source of many neutrinos to increase the chances that one will interact in a detector.

B. Because nuclear interactions are taking place in the reactor, it is likely that beta decay will occur and neutrinos will be produced.

C. It is easy to separate out the neutrino from all the other radiation produced by a nuclear reactor.

D. It is much more expensive and complicated to do an experiment in the vicinity of a nuclear weapon explosion.

Ans is A) because weak interactions are the only way neutrinos interact with anything,

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