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Maurer, C.*; Galmarini, S.*; Solazzo, E.*; Ku
mierczyk-Michulec, J.*; Bar
, J.*; Kalinowski, M.*; Schoeppner, M.*; Bourgouin, P.*; Crawford, A.*; Stein, A.*; et al.
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 255, p.106968_1 - 106968_27, 2022/12
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：14.8(Environmental Sciences)After performing multi-model exercises in 2015 and 2016, a comprehensive Xe-133 atmospheric transport modeling challenge was organized in 2019. For evaluation measured samples for the same time frame were gathered from four International Monitoring System stations located in Europe and North America with overall considerable influence of IRE and/or CNL emissions. As a lesion learnt from the 2nd ATM-Challenge participants were prompted to work with controlled and harmonized model set ups to make runs more comparable, but also to increase diversity. Effects of transport errors, not properly characterized remaining emitters and long IMS sampling times (12 to 24 hours) undoubtedly interfere with the effect of high-quality IRE and CNL stack data. An ensemble based on a few arbitrary submissions is good enough to forecast the Xe-133 background at the stations investigated. The effective ensemble size is below five.
Maurer, C.*; Bar, J.*; Kusmierczyk-Michulec, J.*; Crawford, A.*; Eslinger, P. W.*; Seibert, P.*; Orr, B.*; Philipp, A.*; Ross, O.*; Generoso, S.*; et al.
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 192, p.667 - 686, 2018/12
Times Cited Count：25 Percentile：65.58(Environmental Sciences)It is very important to understand the impact for CTBT stations caused by radioxenon emitted from medical isotope production facilities for detection of underground nuclear tests. Predictions of the impact on six CTBT radionuclide stations in the Southern Hemisphere of radioxenon emitted from the medical isotope production facility in Australia were carried out by participants from ten nations using ATM (Atmospheric Transport Modeling) based on the emission data of radioxenon from this facility, as part of study on impact of radioxenon emitted from medical isotope production facilities on CTBT radionuclide stations.
Yonezawa, Chushiro*; Yamamoto, Yoichi; Kijima, Yuichi; Kalinowski, M.*
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The authors present a summary report of the analysis results of ATM (Atmospheric Transport Model) and radionuclide (RN) data of the common exercise in the 2014 East Asia Regional NDC Workshop 2014 (EARNW 2014) held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 29 July to 1 August, 2014. The exercise scenario was that CTBT-relevant RNs released from a hypothetical target event were detected in particulate and noble gas samples at the Takasaki station (RN38), and the target event was inferred using estimated explosion time from La-140/Ba-140 ratio in the particulate samples. The possible source area was determined through ATM backward tracking of Xe-133. Real observation noble gas data by a certified IMS station and artificially prepared particulate data were used as the fictitious RN data in this exercise. The analysis results of the RN data by the participating NDCs were evaluated by comparing with the prepared values for the particulate and IDC/RRR for the noble gas data. The results of estimated explosion time were evaluated by comparing to the preset value. Released Xe-133 activity from the event and the observable radioactivity concentration of Xe-133 at the IMS station were compared among the reported ATM results.
Fujii, Takanari*; Otsu, Takayuki*; Yagi, Masanori*; Yonezawa, Chushiro*; Jih, R.*; Kalinowski, M.*; Kang, I.-B.*; Chi, H.-C.*; Yamamoto, Yoichi; Kijima, Yuichi
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As a part of East Asia Regional NDC Workshop 2014 Mongolia (EARNW2014), the common exercise took place for the purpose of investigation from both of radionuclide and waveform analysis. Each participating NDC analyzed distributed fictitious RN data and real SHI data including non-IMS to find and investigate candidate event. The Japanese NDC-1 (JWA) tried to locate and discriminate the event utilizing local seismic observation data such as NECESSArray (NorthEast China Extended SeiSmic Array) and Korean local data kindly provided by KIGAM. Signals from this event were detected at many stations in such non-IMS network, and it indicated that these local/regional seismic data could contribute largely to estimate more reliable event location and discrimination.
Beziat, G.*; Kalinowski, M.*; Inoue, Naoko; Kusmierczyk-Michulec, J.*; Bar, J.*; Gheddou, A.*; Bourgouin, P.*; Yamamoto, Yoichi; Tomita, Yutaka
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In early 2018, two mobile noble gas measurement systems were deployed and have started measurement at Horonobe and Mutsu in Japan. Together with a third mobile system that will be deployed at Fukuoka, Japan, in spring 2019, and the operating IMS noble gas system at station RN38, Takasaki, Japan, this creates a high density configuration of noble gas measurement systems. The objective of this configuration is to generate a database of detections which will be used to develop and test methods for better understanding the contributions of known sources from across Eurasia. Contributions from these sources are frequently observed at IMS station RN38. The high density configuration will provide a framework to test and optimize source location algorithms and to better understand level C episodes, specifically at JPX38. The three mobile noble gas measurement systems used in this experiment and their operation are externally funded. The planned duration of this experiment is two years.
Purtschert, R.*; Kalinowski, M.*; Riedmann, R.*; Fontaine-Lagrand, J.-E.*; Kusmierczyk-Michulec, J.*; Gheddou, A.*; Bourgouin, P.*; Tomita, Yutaka
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Argon-37 (
Ar) is produced in the high troposphere by spallation of argon through 
Ar(n,4n)Ar and by neutron capture, 
Ar(n,
)Ar. The resulting natural equilibrium concentration of Ar in the mixed troposphere is about 0.5-1 mBq/m
. This value may define the background level for the use of Ar for search area reduction by means of atmospheric Ar measurements in downwind direction of a potential test area in the course of an OSI. In order to investigate long term atmospheric activity levels of Ar, bulk air samples were collected close to the CTBTO IMS Radionuclide station located in Takasaki, Japan. In the years 2016-2018 in total 105 air samples were taken and analyzed for their Ar activity concentrations with no value exceeding 10 mBq/m.
