Searching for effects of neutrino magnetic moments at reactors and accelerators

The sensitivity of the νe elastic scattering experiments to possible effects of nonzero neutrino magnetic moment (μ) is analyzed and the optimal experimental condition under which such effects are relatively enhanced are found. New, somewhat more restrictive than the previously derived bounds on μ, are obtained on the basis of existing data by the use of selfconsistent statistical analyses: μ_νe < 1.52 × 10^?10e/2m_e and μ_νμ < 1.19 × 10^?9e/2m_e. These bounds are expected to be improved approximately by an order of magnitude in experiments planned to be performed in the near future.