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Title: International challenge to predict the impact of radioxenon releases from medical isotope production on a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty sampling station

Journal Article · · Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
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  1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  2. Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Arpajon (France). Commission of Atomic Energy
  3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), College Park, MD (United States)
  4. National Institute of Radioelements, Fleurus (Belgium)
  5. Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Reading (United Kingdom)
  6. Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick Air Force Base, FL (United States)
  7. Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Frieburg (Germany)
  8. Radiation Protection Bureau, Ottawa, ON (Canada)
  9. Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Ibaraki (Japan)
  10. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), Vienna (Austria)
  11. Canadian Meteorological Centre, Dorval, QC (Canada)
  12. Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), Vienna (Austria)
  13. Federal Inst. for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover (Germany)
  14. French Inst. for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety, Fontenay-aux-Roses (France)
  15. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Program on Science and Global Security
  16. Univ. of Natural Resources and Life Sciences and Univ. of Vienna (Austria)
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The International Monitoring System (IMS) is part of the verification regime for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty Organization (CTBTO). Furthermore, at entry-into-force, half of the 80 radionuclide stations will be able to measure concentrations of several radioactive xenon isotopes produced in nuclear explosions, and then the full network may be populated with xenon monitoring afterward. With an understanding of natural and man-made radionuclide backgrounds we can use it in accordance with the provisions of the treaty (such as event screening criteria in Annex 2 to the Protocol of the Treaty) for the effective implementation of the verification regime.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
NA0002534
OSTI ID:
1367839
Journal Information:
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Vol. 157, Issue C; ISSN 0265-931X
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 30 works
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Cited By (6)

Source localisation and its uncertainty quantification after the third DPRK nuclear test journal July 2018
Seasonal Variability of Xe‐133 Global Atmospheric Background: Characterization and Implications for the International Monitoring System of the Comprehensive Nuclear‐Test‐Ban Treaty journal February 2018
A review of the developments of radioxenon detectors for nuclear explosion monitoring journal September 2017
Performance Assessment of the CTBTO Noble Gas Network to Detect Nuclear Explosions journal April 2017
Assessment of the announced North Korean nuclear test using long-range atmospheric transport and dispersion modelling journal August 2017
Characterization of Xe-133 global atmospheric background: Implications for the International Monitoring System of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Xe-133 Global Atmospheric Background journal May 2016

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