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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY
Volume 59, Issue 2, Pages 139-151Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(01)00042-X
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radioxenon; nuclear explosion monitoring; xenon; Xe-133; CTBT; noble gas; ARSA
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The use of the xenon isotopes for detection of nuclear explosions is of great interest for monitoring compliance with the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty (CTBT). Recently, the automated radioxenon sampler-analyzer (ARSA) was tested at the Institute for Atmospheric Radioactivity (IAR) in Freiburg, Germany to ascertain its use for the CTBT Ely comparing its results to laboratory-based analyses, determining its detection sensitivity and analyzing its results in light of historical xenon isotope levels and known reactor operations in the area. Xe-133 was detected nearly every day throughout the test at activity concentrations ranging between approximately 0.1 mBq/m(3) to as high as 120mBq/m(3). Xe-133m and Xe-135 were also detected occasionally during the test at concentrations of less than I to a few mBq /m(3). (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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