  Reactor antineutrinos are used to study neutrino oscillation, search for
signatures of non-standard neutrino interactions, and to monitor reactor
operation for safeguard applications. The flux and energy spectrum of reactor
antineutrinos can be predicted from the decays of the nuclear fission products.
A comparison of recent reactor calculations with past measurements at baselines
of 10-100m suggests a 5.7% deficit. Precision measurements of reactor
antineutrinos at very short baselines O(1-10 m) can be used to probe this
anomaly and search for possible oscillations into sterile neutrino species.
This paper studies the experimental requirements for a new reactor antineutrino
measurement at very short baselines and calculates the sensitivity of various
scenarios. We conclude that an experiment at a typical research reactor
provides 5{\sigma} discovery potential for the favored oscillation parameter
space with 3 years of data collection.
