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Source term estimation using noble gas and aerosol samples by Eslinger, Paul W., Milbrath, Brian D.

“…Algorithms that estimate the location, time, and magnitude of a point-source atmospheric release using remotely sampled air concentrations typically use data…”
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Projected network performance for next-generation xenon monitoring systems by Eslinger, Paul W., Miley, Harry S.

“…Next-generation radioxenon monitoring systems are reaching maturity and are expected to improve certain aspects of performance in verifying the absence of…”
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Impact of industrial nuclear emissions on nuclear explosion monitoring by Miley, Harry S., Eslinger, Paul W.

“…In 1995, the development of a global radioactive xenon monitoring network was discussed in the Conference on Disarmament as part of a nuclear explosion…”
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Utility of atmospheric transport runs done backwards in time for source term estimation by Eslinger, Paul W., Schrom, Brian T.

“…One of the difficulties encountered in source-term analyses for airborne contaminants is the large computational effort required to predict air concentrations…”
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A new algorithm for estimating radioxenon concentrations by Eslinger, Paul W., Schrom, Brian T., Warren, Glen A.

“…A new algorithm (Xcounts) is introduced for estimating the activity concentrations of the xenon isotopes 131mXe, 133mXe, 133Xe, and 135Xe using beta-gamma…”
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Investigations of association among atmospheric radionuclide measurements by Eslinger, Paul W., Miley, Harry S., Schrom, Brian T.

“…Large networks producing frequent atmospheric radionuclide measurements have additional power in characterizing and localizing radionuclide release events over…”
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Examining the potential for detecting simultaneous noble gas and aerosol samples in the international monitoring system radionuclide network by Eslinger, Paul W, Burnett, Jonathan L, Lowrey, Justin D, Milbrath, Brian D, Sarathi, Ramesh

“…The purpose of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is to establish a legally binding ban on nuclear weapon test explosions or any other nuclear…”
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Projected network performance for multiple isotopes using next-generation xenon monitoring systems by Eslinger, Paul W., Ely, James H., Lowrey, Justin D., Miley, Harry S.

“…Since about 2000 (Bowyer et al., 1998), radioxenon monitoring systems have been under development and testing for the verification of the Comprehensive Nuclear…”
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Nuclear explosion monitoring network design considerations by Eslinger, Paul W., Miley, Harry S., Rosenthal, W. Steven, Schrom, Brian T.

“…Design of an efficient monitoring network requires information on the type and size of releases to be detected, the accuracy and reliability of the measuring…”
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Radionuclide measurements of the international monitoring system by Goodwin, Matthew A, Davies, Ashley V, Britton, Richard, Miley, Harry S, Eslinger, Paul W, Hoffman, Ian, Ungar, Kurt, Mekarski, Pawel, Botti, Adrian

“…The International Monitoring System (IMS) is a unique global network of sensors, tuned to measure various phenomenology, with the common goal of detecting a…”
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Impacts of future nuclear power generation on the international monitoring system by Eslinger, Paul W., Doll, Charles G., Bowyer, Theodore W., Friese, Judah I., Metz, Lori A., Sarathi, Ramesh S.

“…Many countries are considering nuclear power as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and the IAEA (IAEA, 2022) has forecasted nuclear power growth…”
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Comparison of source-location algorithms for atmospheric samplers by Eslinger, Paul W., Rosenthal, W. Steven, Sarathi, Ramesh S., Schrom, Brian T., McCann, Erin

“…Numerous algorithms have been developed to determine the source characteristics for an atmospheric radionuclide release, e.g., (Bieringer et al., 2017). This…”
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Impact of Environmental Backgrounds on Atmospheric Monitoring of Nuclear Explosions by Eslinger, Paul W., Miley, Harry S., Johnson, Christine M., Sarathi, Ramesh S., Schrom, Brian T.

“…Radionuclide monitoring for nuclear explosions includes measuring radioactive aerosol and noble gas concentrations in the atmosphere. The International…”
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Using STAX data to predict IMS radioxenon concentrations by Eslinger, Paul W., Bowyer, Theodore W., Doll, Charles G., Friese, Judah I., Metz, Lori A., Schrom, Brian T.

“…The noble gas collection and measurement stations in the International Monitoring System (IMS) are heavily influenced by releases from medical isotope…”
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Source term estimation in the presence of nuisance signals by Eslinger, Paul W., Mendez, Jennifer M., Schrom, Brian T.

“…Many source-term estimation algorithms for atmospheric releases assume the measured concentration data are influenced only by the releases of interest…”
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The detectability of the Wigwam underwater nuclear explosion by the radionuclide stations of the International Monitoring System by Burnett, Jonathan L., Eslinger, Paul W., Milbrath, Brian D.

“…The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans all nuclear explosions, including those detonated from an underwater nuclear explosion. To improve the…”
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Determining the source of unusual xenon isotopes in samples by Eslinger, Paul W., Ely, James, Cooper, Matthew W., Foxe, Michael, Hayes, James C., Mayer, Michael F., Panisko, Mark E., Sarathi, Ramesh

“…Three unusual radioactive isotopes of xenon—125Xe, 127Xe, and 129mXe—have been observed during testing of a new generation radioxenon measurement system at the…”
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Multi-detection events, probability density functions, and reduced location area by Eslinger, Paul W., Schrom, Brian T.

“…Several efforts have been made in the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) community to assess the benefits of combining detections of radionuclides to…”
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Projected network performance for next generation aerosol monitoring systems by Eslinger, Paul W., Miley, Harry S., Burnett, Jonathan L., Lidey, Lance S., Mendez, Jennifer M., Schrom, Brian T., Sharma, Manish K.

“…Aerosol monitoring for radioactivity is a mature and proven technology. However, by improving key specifications of aerosol monitoring equipment, more samples…”
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Enabling probabilistic retrospective transport modeling for accurate source detection by Rosenthal, W. Steven, Eslinger, Paul W., Schrom, Brian T., Miley, Harry S., Baxter, Doug J., Fast, Jerome D.

“…Predicting source or background radionuclide emissions is limited by the effort needed to run gas/aerosol atmospheric transport models (ATMs). A…”
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