Alternative treaty monitoring approaches using ultra-low background measurement technology

H S Miley; C E Aalseth; T W Bowyer; J E Fast; J C Hayes; E W Hoppe; T W Hossbach; M E Keillor; J D Kephart; J I McIntyre; A Seifert

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.01.069

Alternative treaty monitoring approaches using ultra-low background measurement technology

Appl Radiat Isot. 2009 May;67(5):746-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.01.069. Epub 2009 Jan 23.

Authors

H S Miley¹, C E Aalseth, T W Bowyer, J E Fast, J C Hayes, E W Hoppe, T W Hossbach, M E Keillor, J D Kephart, J I McIntyre, A Seifert

Affiliation

¹ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, USA. harry.miley@pnl.gov

PMID: 19251426
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.01.069

Abstract

The International Monitoring System (IMS) of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty includes a network of stations and laboratories for collection and analysis of radioactive aerosols. Alternative approaches to IMS operations are considered as a method of enhancing treaty verification. Ultra-low background (ULB) detection promises the possibility of improvements to IMS minimum detectable activities (MDAs) well below the current approach, requiring MDA < or = 30 microBq/m(3) of air for (140)Ba, or about 10(6) fissions per daily sample.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Aerosols
Air Pollutants, Radioactive / analysis*
Air Pollutants, Radioactive / standards
International Cooperation*
Internationality
Radiation Monitoring / methods*
Radiation Monitoring / standards
Radioisotopes / analysis

Substances

Aerosols
Air Pollutants, Radioactive
Radioisotopes