Super-Kamiokande

199650,000 tonnes waterICRR

LocationJapan

Year1996

Size50,000 tonnes water

OperatorICRR

About Super-Kamiokande

A neutrino detector 1 km underground in a mine. Contains 50,000 tonnes of ultra-pure water. 11,200 photomultiplier tubes line the walls. Discovered neutrino oscillations, proving neutrinos have mass. Won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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