India Based Neutrino Observatory( INO)
- I NO is a multi-institutional collaboration( nearly 26 institutions and about 100 scientists are involved) which aims to build an underground laboratory for pure Science research, especially in Neutrino Physics to understand nature and interactions of Neutrinos - The project includes construction of an iron calorimeter detector, called ICAL , that will be the world's most massive detector when completed. ICAL consists of 50000 tons of magnetized iron plates arranged in stacks with gaps in between where Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) would be inserted as active detectors, the total number of 2m X 2m RPCs being around 29000 - It is a mega-science project under the XII five-year plan of Government of India with an investment of about 1350 crores, jointly funded by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) - Host Institution - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai - Location - Bodi West Hills in Theni dist...