Williams R M, Aalseth C E, Bowyer T W, Day A R, Fuller E S, Haas D A, Hayes J C, Hoppe E W, Humble P H, Keillor M E, LaFerriere B D, Mace E K, McIntyre J I, Miley H S, Myers A W, Orrell J L, Overman C T, Panisko M E, Seifert A
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PO Box 999, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PO Box 999, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Appl Radiat Isot. 2016 Mar;109:430-434. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.12.027. Epub 2015 Dec 7.
Argon-37 is an environmental signature of an underground nuclear explosion. Producing and quantifying low-level (37)Ar standards is an important step in the development of sensitive field measurement instruments. This paper describes progress at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in developing a process to generate and quantify low-level (37)Ar standards, which can be used to calibrate sensitive field systems at activities consistent with soil background levels. This paper presents a discussion of the measurement analysis, along with assumptions and uncertainty estimates.
氩-37是地下核爆炸的一种环境特征。生产和定量低水平的氩-37标准物质是开发灵敏的现场测量仪器的重要一步。本文描述了太平洋西北国家实验室在开发一种生成和定量低水平氩-37标准物质的方法方面所取得的进展,该标准物质可用于在与土壤背景水平一致的活度下校准灵敏的现场系统。本文对测量分析进行了讨论,并给出了假设和不确定度估计。