The OSIRIS detector is a subsystem of the liquid scintillator fillling chain
of the JUNO reactor neutrino experiment. Its purpose is to validate the
radiopurity of the scintillator to assure that all components of the JUNO
scintillator system work to specifications and only neutrino-grade scintillator
is filled into the JUNO Central Detector. The aspired sensitivity level of
$10^{-16}$ g/g of $^{238}$U and $^{232}$Th requires a large ($sim$20 m$^3$)
detection volume and ultralow background levels. The present paper reports on
the design and major components of the OSIRIS detector, the detector simulation
as well as the measuring strategies foreseen and the sensitivity levels to U/Th
that can be reached in this setup.
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