Discrimination of Nuclear Explosions against Civilian Sources Based on Atmospheric Xenon Isotopic Activity Ratios

被引：142

作者：

Kalinowski, Martin B. ^{[1
]}

Axelsson, Anders ^{[2
]}

Bean, Marc ^{[3
]}

Blanchard, Xavier ^{[4
]}

Bowyer, Theodore W. ^{[5
]}

Brachet, Guy ^{[4
]}

Hebel, Simon ^{[1
]}

McIntyre, Justin I. ^{[4
]}

Peters, Jana ^{[1
]}

Pistner, Christoph ^{[6
]}

Raith, Maria ^{[7
]}

Ringbom, Anders ^{[8
]}

Saey, Paul R. J. ^{[9
]}

Schlosser, Clemens ^{[10
]}

Stocki, Trevor J. ^{[3
]}

Taffary, Thomas ^{[4
]}

Ungar, R. Kurt ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker Ctr Sci & Peace Res, D-20144 Hamburg, Germany

[2] IAEA, A-1400 Vienna, Austria

[3] Radiat Protect Bur, Ottawa, ON K1A 1C1, Canada

[4] CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, France

[5] Pacific NW Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA

[6] Oko Inst eV, D-64295 Darmstadt, Germany

[7] Seibersdorf Res GmbH, Austrian Res Ctr, A-2444 Seibersdorf, Austria

[8] Swedish Def Res Agcy FOI, S-17290 Stockholm, Sweden

[9] Vienna Int Ctr, Provis Tech Secretariat, Preparatory Commiss, Comprehens Nucl Test Ban Treaty Org CTBTO, A-1400 Vienna, Austria

[10] Fed Off Radiat Protect BfS, D-79098 Freiburg, Germany

来源：

PURE AND APPLIED GEOPHYSICS | 2010年 / 167卷 / 4-5期

关键词：

CTBT; environmental monitoring; international monitoring system; isotope activity ratios; noble gas; radioactivity monitoring; radioxenon; source discrimination; test ban; xenon; TEST-BAN TREATY;

D O I：

10.1007/s00024-009-0032-1

中图分类号：

P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];

学科分类号：

0708 ; 070902 ;

摘要：

A global monitoring system for atmospheric xenon radioactivity is being established as part of the International Monitoring System that will verify compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) once the treaty has entered into force. This paper studies isotopic activity ratios to support the interpretation of observed atmospheric concentrations of Xe-135, Xe-133m, Xe-133 and Xe-131m. The goal is to distinguish nuclear explosion sources from civilian releases. Simulations of nuclear explosions and reactors, empirical data for both test and reactor releases as well as observations by measurement stations of the International Noble Gas Experiment (INGE) are used to provide a proof of concept for the isotopic ratio based method for source discrimination.

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页码：517 / 539

页数：23

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