Automated radioxenon monitoring for the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty in two distinctive locations: Ottawa and Tahiti

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-326

  Stocki, T J ^a   Blanchard, X ^b   D'Amours, R ^c   Ungar, R K ^a   Fontaine, J P ^b   Sohier, M ^c   Bean, M ^a   Taffary, T ^b   Racine, J ^c   Tracy, B L ^a   Brachet, G ^b   Jean, M ^c   Meyerhof, D ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric modeling; Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Organisation; Radioxenon monitoring; SPALAX; Xenon

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RADIOACTIVATION ANALYSIS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; MEDICAL ISOTOPE PRODUCTION; NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY; RADIOXENON MONITORING;

XENON;

XENON 133;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MONITORING; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; XENON;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; AUTOMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; ORGANIZATION; RADIATION DETECTION; TECHNOLOGY;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AUTOMATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NUCLEAR WARFARE; ONTARIO; POLYNESIA; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; REFERENCE VALUES; XENON RADIOISOTOPES;

CANADA; FRENCH POLYNESIA; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; ONTARIO; OTTAWA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SOCIETY ISLANDS; TAHITI; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS]; WORLD;

EID: 13844266293     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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