Proceedings of the 2009 Monitoring Research Review: Ground-Based Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Technologies

Conference · Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:992203

Wetovsky, Marv A ^[1]; Aguilar - Chang, Julio ^[1]; Anderson, Dale ^[1]; Arrowsmith, Marie ^[1]; Arrowsmith, Stephen ^[1]; Baker, Diane ^[1]; Begnaud, Michael ^[1]; Harste, Hans ^[1]; Maceira, Monica ^[1]; Patton, Howard ^[1]; Phillips, Scott ^[1]; Randall, George ^[1]; Rowe, Charlotte ^[1]; Stead, Richard ^[1]; Steck, Lee ^[1]; Whitaker, Rod ^[1]; Yang, Xiaoning ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory

These proceedings contain papers prepared for the Monitoring Research Review 2009: Ground -Based Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Technologies, held 21-23 September, 2009 in Tucson, Arizona,. These papers represent the combined research related to ground-based nuclear explosion monitoring funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), and other invited sponsors. The scientific objectives of the research are to improve the United States’ capability to detect, locate, and identify nuclear explosions. The purpose of the meeting is to provide the sponsoring agencies, as well as potential users, an opportunity to review research accomplished during the preceding year and to discuss areas of investigation for the coming year. For the researchers, it provides a forum for the exchange of scientific information toward achieving program goals, and an opportunity to discuss results and future plans. Paper topics include: seismic regionalization and calibration; detection and location of sources; wave propagation from source to receiver; the nature of seismic sources, including mining practices; hydroacoustic, infrasound, and radionuclide methods; on-site inspection; and data processing.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE NA Office of Nonproliferation and Verification Research and Development (NA-22)
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 992203
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-09-05276; LA-UR-09-5276
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
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CTBT
CTBTO
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
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