Authors: Justin I McIntyre Agung Agusbudiman Ian M Cameron Johannes R Dumais Paul W Eslinger Abdelhakim Gheddou Kirill Khrustalev Pujadi Marsoem Harry S Miley Mika Nikkinen Amanda M Prinke Michael D Ripplinger Brian T Schrom William A Sliger Ulrich Stoehlker Gatot Suhariyono Glen A Warren Susilo Widodo Vincent T Woods
Publish Date: 2015/07/30
Volume: 308, Issue: 1, Pages: 311-316
Abstract
Radioxenon emissions from fissionbased radiopharmaceutical production are a major source of background concentrations affecting the radioxenon detection systems of the international monitoring system IMS Collection of realtime emissions data from production facilities makes it possible to screen out some medical isotope signatures from the IMS radioxenon data sets This paper describes an effort to obtain and analyze realtime stack emissions data with the design construction and installation of a small stack monitoring system developed by a joint CTBTOIDC BATAN and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory team at the BaTek medical isotope production facility near Jakarta IndonesiaThe authors wish to acknowledge the funding support of the US Office of Multilateral and Nuclear Affairs in the Bureau of Arms Control Verification and Compliance Nuclear at the Department of State and the US Nuclear Arms Control Technology Program at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency The stack monitor equipment and data analysis to support the CTBTO in implementing the noble gas verification regime were funded by the European Union through Council Joint Action 2008/588/CFSP of 15 July 2008
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