Isotopic noble gas signatures released from medical isotope production facilities—Simulations and measurements

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1846-1854

  Saey, Paul R J ^a   Bowyer, Theodore W ^b   Ringbom, Anders ^c  

^a TU WIEN   (Austria)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CTBTO; Environmental monitoring; Low level radioxenon measurement; Medical isotopes; Treaty verification; Uranium target irradiation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; INERT GASES; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL; COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOXENON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEDICAL ISOTOPE PRODUCTION FACILITIES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS;

ISOTOPES;

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; XENON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; SYNTHESIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; XENON RADIOISOTOPES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952202110     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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