System Development

  • Auer, Axelsson, Blanchard, Bowyer, Brachet, Bulowski, et al. (2004). Intercomparison experiments of systems for the measurement of xenon radionuclides in the atmosphere. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 60(6), 863-877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.01.011
  • Auer, Kumberg, Sartorius, Wernsperger, & Schlosser (2010). Ten Years of Development of Equipment for Measurement of Atmospheric Radioactive Xenon for the Verification of the CTBT. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 167(4-5), 471-486. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-009-0027-y
  • Bowyer (1998). Xenon Radionuclides, Atmospheric: Monitoring. In R. Meyers (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Environmental Analysis and Remediation (pp. 5299-5314): John Wiley & Sons. Requires purchase of book
  • Bowyer, Schlosser, Abel, Auer, Hayes, Heimbigner, et al. (2002). Detection and analysis of xenon isotopes for the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty international monitoring system. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 59(2), 139-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0265-931X(01)00042-X
  • Cagniant, Topin, Le Petit, Gross, Delaune, Philippe, et al. (2018). SPALAX NG: A breakthrough in radioxenon field measurement. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 134, 461-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.06.042
  • Cooper, M.W., et al., Radioxenon net count calculations revisited. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2019. 321(2): p. 369-382. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06565-y
  • Foxe, M.P., et al., A Figure-of-Merit for Beta Cell Detector Characterization. 2015, ; Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). DOI:  10.2172/1258732
  • Foxe, M.P. and M.F. Mayer, Conceptual Silicon Beta Cell Design. 2018, ; Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). DOI:  10.2172/1464271
  • Foxe, M.P. and J.I. McIntyre, Testing of the KRI-developed Silicon PIN Radioxenon Detector. 2015, ; Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). DOI:  10.2172/1258733
  • Goodwin, M.A., et al., A high-resolution β−γ coincidence spectrometry system for radioxenon measurements. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2020. 978: p. 164452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164452
  • Haas, Eslinger, Bowyer, Cameron, Hayes, Lowrey, et al. (2017). Improved performance comparisons of radioxenon systems for low level releases in nuclear explosion monitoring. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 178, 127-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.08.005
  • Hayes, J.C., et al., Requirements for Xenon International (Rev. 2). 2018, ; Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). DOI:  10.2172/1545382
  • Hayes, J.C., et al., Xenon International Overview. 2018, ; Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). DOI:  10.2172/1472068
  • Khrustalev, K., V.Y. Popov, and Y.S. Popov, Silicon PIN diode based electron-gamma coincidence detector system for Noble Gases monitoring. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2017. 126: p. 237-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.02.010
  • Le Petit, Armand, Brachet, Taffary, Fontaine, Achim, et al. (2008). Contribution to the development of atmospheric radioxenon monitoring. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 276(2), 391-398. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-008-0517-x
  • Ringbom, Axelsson, Aldener, Fritioff, Kastlander, & Mörtsell (2018). SAUNA III—A major upgrade. CTBT 2018 Science and Technology. Vienna, Austria. http://docplayer.net/52753613-Sauna-iii-a-major-upgrade.html
  • Schulze, Auer, & Werzi (2000). Low level radioactivity measurement in support of the CTBTO. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 53(1-2), 23-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00182-2
  • Sivels, McIntyre, Bowyer, Kalinowski, & Pozzi (2017). A review of the developments of radioxenon detectors for nuclear explosion monitoring. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 314(2), 829-841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5489-2
  • Weiss, Harms, Sartorius, Schlosser, Auer, Schulze, et al. (2000). International program to test and evaluate CTBT/IMS noble gas equipment. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 220, U18-U18. Need to contact authors for information
  • Xie, He, Jiang, Zhang, Shi, Wu, et al. (2014). Development of a radioxenon measurement system and its application in monitoring Fukushima nuclear accident. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 97, 85-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2013.11.011
Last Updated: September 2021