On
September 17, in an official reply to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the
China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPG), owner of the Daya Bay and Ling Ao
Power Plants, agreed the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) to perform
on-site feasibility study for a reactor neutrino experiment designed to measure
the mixing angle q13.
A preliminary study is now completed. Four different options of laying out the
tunnels for connecting the near and far underground experimental halls have been
identified. Once the final choice is selected, detailed survey of the site will
be carried out in the approved feasibility study.
The Institute of High Energy Physics at Beijing,
is one of the institutes of CAS. The Daya Bay project is supported by the CAS,
the Chinese National Science Foundation, and the Ministry of Science and
Technology. About forty physicists from China, Hong Kong and the United States
are currently involved in the project.