Detecting ¹²⁷Xe in an atmospheric tracer experiment

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¹ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA, 99354, USA. Electronic address: paul.w.eslinger@pnnl.gov.
² Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4PR, United Kingdom. Electronic address: matthew.goodwin@awe.co.uk.
³ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA, 99354, USA. Electronic address: ramesh.sarathi@pnnl.gov.
⁴ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA, 99354, USA. Electronic address: glen.warren@pnnl.gov.
⁵ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA, 99354, USA. Electronic address: brian.schrom@pnnl.gov.
⁶ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA, 99354, USA. Electronic address: michael.foxe@pnnl.gov.
⁷ Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4PR, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Daniel.Chester@awe.co.uk.
⁸ Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4PR, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Graham.Galvin@awe.co.uk.
⁹ Nevada National Security Sites, Mercury, Nevada, 89023, USA. Electronic address: TurleyRS@nv.doe.gov.
¹⁰ Nevada National Security Sites, Mercury, Nevada, 89023, USA. Electronic address: HardyLD@nv.doe.gov.

PMID: 39761610
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2025.107614

Detecting ¹²⁷Xe in an atmospheric tracer experiment

Paul W Eslinger et al. J Environ Radioact. 2025 Feb.

. 2025 Feb:282:107614.

doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2025.107614. Epub 2025 Jan 5.

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¹ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA, 99354, USA. Electronic address: paul.w.eslinger@pnnl.gov.
² Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4PR, United Kingdom. Electronic address: matthew.goodwin@awe.co.uk.
³ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA, 99354, USA. Electronic address: ramesh.sarathi@pnnl.gov.
⁴ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA, 99354, USA. Electronic address: glen.warren@pnnl.gov.
⁵ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA, 99354, USA. Electronic address: brian.schrom@pnnl.gov.
⁶ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA, 99354, USA. Electronic address: michael.foxe@pnnl.gov.
⁷ Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4PR, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Daniel.Chester@awe.co.uk.
⁸ Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4PR, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Graham.Galvin@awe.co.uk.
⁹ Nevada National Security Sites, Mercury, Nevada, 89023, USA. Electronic address: TurleyRS@nv.doe.gov.
¹⁰ Nevada National Security Sites, Mercury, Nevada, 89023, USA. Electronic address: HardyLD@nv.doe.gov.

PMID: 39761610
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2025.107614

Abstract

The Xcounts algorithm for calculating air concentrations of radioactive xenon isotopes (Eslinger et al., 2023) has been extended to estimate ¹²⁷Xe in addition to ^131mXe, ^133mXe, ¹³³Xe, and ¹³⁵Xe. The algorithm was applied to 119 samples collected with a SAUNA Q_B system (Ringbom et al., 2023) during a two-month atmospheric tracer release experiment. The algorithm identified two samples with ¹²⁷Xe present from a single 1.5 h release about 3.5 km upwind of the sampler and no false detections of ¹²⁷Xe were observed in the other samples.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Detecting ¹²⁷Xe in an atmospheric tracer experiment

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