Radioxenon spiked air

Watrous, Matthew G.; Delmore, James E.; Hague, Robert K.; Houghton, Tracy P.; Jenson, Douglas D.; Mann, Nick R.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.08.005

Radioxenon spiked air

Journal Article · Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.08.005· OSTI ID:1303301

Watrous, Matthew G. ^[1]; Delmore, James E. ^[1]; Hague, Robert K. ^[1]; Houghton, Tracy P. ^[1]; Jenson, Douglas D. ^[1]; Mann, Nick R. ^[1]

Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Four of the radioactive xenon isotopes (^131mXe, ^133mXe, ¹³³Xe and ¹³⁵Xe) with half-lives ranging from 9 h to 12 days are produced from nuclear fission and can be detected from days to weeks following their production and release. Being inert gases, they are readily transported through the atmosphere. Sources for release of radioactive xenon isotopes include operating nuclear reactors via leaks in fuel rods, medical isotope production facilities, and nuclear weapons' detonations. They are not normally released from fuel reprocessing due to the short half-lives. The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty has led to creation of the International Monitoring System. The International Monitoring System, when fully implemented, will consist of one component with 40 stations monitoring radioactive xenon around the globe. Monitoring these radioactive xenon isotopes is important to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in determining whether a seismically detected event is or is not a nuclear detonation. A variety of radioactive xenon quality control check standards, quantitatively spiked into various gas matrices, could be used to demonstrate that these stations are operating on the same basis in order to bolster defensibility of data across the International Monitoring System. This study focuses on Idaho National Laboratory's capability to produce three of the xenon isotopes in pure form and the use of the four xenon isotopes in various combinations to produce radioactive xenon spiked air samples that could be subsequently distributed to participating facilities.

Research Organization:: Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

OSTI ID:: 1303301

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22578812
OSTI ID: 1249568

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU--14-31705; PII: S0265931X15300771

Journal Information:: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Journal Name: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity Journal Issue: C Vol. 150; ISSN 0265-931X

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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