Paul W. Eslinger , Matthew A. Goodwin , Ramesh S. Sarathi , Glen A. Warren , Brian T. Schrom , Michael Foxe , Daniel Chester , Graham Galvin , Reagan S. Turley , L. Daniel Hardy , PE-1 Experiment Team
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Abstract
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 QB system (Ringbom et al., 2023) during a two-month atmospheric tracer release experiment. 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.
用于计算放射性氙同位素空气浓度的Xcounts算法(Eslinger et al., 2023)已经扩展到估计127Xe、131mXe、133mXe、133Xe和135Xe。该算法应用于桑拿QB系统(Ringbom et al., 2023)在为期两个月的大气示踪剂释放实验中收集的119份样品。该算法从采样器逆风约3.5 km处的单次1.5 h释放中识别出两个样品中存在127Xe,并且在其他样品中未观察到127Xe的错误检测。
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Environmental Radioactivity provides a coherent international forum for publication of original research or review papers on any aspect of the occurrence of radioactivity in natural systems.
Relevant subject areas range from applications of environmental radionuclides as mechanistic or timescale tracers of natural processes to assessments of the radioecological or radiological effects of ambient radioactivity. Papers deal with naturally occurring nuclides or with those created and released by man through nuclear weapons manufacture and testing, energy production, fuel-cycle technology, etc. Reports on radioactivity in the oceans, sediments, rivers, lakes, groundwaters, soils, atmosphere and all divisions of the biosphere are welcomed, but these should not simply be of a monitoring nature unless the data are particularly innovative.