Detecting 127Xe in an atmospheric tracer experiment

Eslinger, Paul W.; Goodwin, Matthew A.; Sarathi, Ramesh S.; Warren, Glen A.; Schrom, Brian T.; Foxe, Michael; Chester, Daniel; Galvin, Graham; Turley, Reagan S.; Hardy, L. Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2025.107614

Detecting ¹²⁷Xe in an atmospheric tracer experiment

Journal Article · Sat Jan 04 23:00:00 EST 2025 · Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2025.107614· OSTI ID:2586434

^[1]; Goodwin, Matthew A. ^[2]; Sarathi, Ramesh S. ^[1]; ; Schrom, Brian T.; Foxe, Michael ^[1]; Chester, Daniel ^[2]; Galvin, Graham ^[2]; Turley, Reagan S. ^[3]; Hardy, L. Daniel ^[3]

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Berkshire (United Kingdom)
Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), Mercury, NV (United States)

The Xcounts algorithm for calculating air concentrations of radioactive xenon isotopes (Eslinger et al., 2023) has been extended to estimate ¹²⁷Xe in addition to ^131mXe, ^133mXe, ¹³³Xe, and ¹³⁵Xe. The algorithm was applied to 119 samples collected with a SAUNA Q_B system (Ringbom et al., 2023) during a two-month atmospheric tracer release experiment. Finally, the algorithm identified two samples with ¹²⁷Xe present from a single 1.5 h release about 3.5 km upwind of the sampler and no false detections of ¹²⁷Xe were observed in the other samples.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Contributing Organization:: PE-1 Experiment Team

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830; NA0003624

OSTI ID:: 2586434

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--204095

Journal Information:: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Journal Name: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity Vol. 282; ISSN 0265-931X

Publisher:: Elsevier BVCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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