A pilot experiment with reactor neutrinos in Taiwan

A Collaboration comprising scientists from Taiwan, mainland China and the U nited States has been built up since 1996 to pursue an experimental program in neutrino and astro-particle physics in Taiwan. A pilot experiment to be performed at the Nuclear Power Station II in Taiwan is now under intense p reparation. It will make use of a 500 kg CsI(Tl) crystal calorimeter to stu dy various neutrino interactions. Various possible future directions will a lso be explored. The conceptual design and the physics to be addressed by t he pilot experiment are discussed.