Scientists all over the world are working intensively on the creation of a new generation of compact and relatively cheap neutrino detectors capable of providing both for national needs and the needs of the IAEA in monitoring nuclear reactors. All current devices for the neutrinos tracking are based on the effect of inverse beta decay. However, there is another approach that allows you to create more effective, compact and mobile devices. This approach is based on using the effect of coherent scatter of neutrinos on heavy nucleolus. Coherent scattering of neutrinos on nuclei is a fundamental physical process is still not observed in practice, although it is of great importance to describe the evolution of supernovae and the Universe in General.

The neutrino detector of a new generation RED-100In is created in the Interdepartmental laboratory of experimental nuclear physics of MEPI. This detector is able to register coherent scattering effect. Two-phase emission detectors, liquid xenon has demonstrated a high potential for effective detection and investigation of weakly interacting massive particles in experiments to search for dark matter.

Laboratory of experimental nuclear physics was opened in MEPhI in November 2011, after the University won the megagrant of the Government of the Russian Federation to attract leading scientists to Russian universities. The main goal was to attract young people into science and to train the next generation of highly qualified researchers. Today the laboratory employs about 30 high-qualified specialists.

MEPhI is working hard to attract young people. The University wants to work with the students, and graduated young specialists. Currently the laboratory consists of 8 graduate students and 7 students of MEPhI. There were created several working groups – a group of designers, a group that is engaged in the analysis of experimental data, engineering group, group for RED 100 assembling.