Search Results - "Miley, H.S"

Analysis of data from sensitive U.S. monitoring stations for the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactor accident by Biegalski, S.R., Bowyer, T.W., Eslinger, P.W., Friese, J.I., Greenwood, L.R., Haas, D.A., Hayes, J.C., Hoffman, I., Keillor, M., Miley, H.S., Moring, M.

“…The March 11, 2011 9.0 magnitude undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan and subsequent tsunami waves triggered a major nuclear event at the…”
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Source term estimation of radioxenon released from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors using measured air concentrations and atmospheric transport modeling by Eslinger, P.W., Biegalski, S.R., Bowyer, T.W., Cooper, M.W., Haas, D.A., Hayes, J.C., Hoffman, I., Korpach, E., Yi, J., Miley, H.S., Rishel, J.P., Ungar, K., White, B., Woods, V.T.

“…Systems designed to monitor airborne radionuclides released from underground nuclear explosions detected radioactive fallout across the northern hemisphere…”
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Cleaning and passivation of copper surfaces to remove surface radioactivity and prevent oxide formation by Hoppe, E.W., Seifert, A., Aalseth, C.E., Bachelor, P.P., Day, A.R., Edwards, D.J., Hossbach, T.W., Litke, K.E., McIntyre, J.I., Miley, H.S., Schulte, S.M., Smart, J.E., Warren, G.A.

“…High-purity copper is an attractive material for constructing ultra-low-background radiation measurement devices. Many low-background experiments using…”
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A decommissioned LHC model magnet as an axion telescope by Zioutas, K., Aalseth, C.E., Abriola, D., III, F.T.Avignone, Brodzinski, R.L., Collar, J.I., Creswick, R., Gregorio, D.E.Di, Farach, H., Gattone, A.O., Guérard, C.K., Hasenbalg, F., Hasinoff, M., Huck, H., Liolios, A., Miley, H.S., Morales, A., Morales, J., Nikas, D., Nussinov, S., Ortiz, A., Savvidis, E., Scopel, S., Sievers, P., Villar, J.A., Walckiers, L.

“…The 8.4 T, 10 m long transverse magnetic field of a twin aperture LHC bending magnet can be utilized as a macroscopic coherent solar axion-to-photon converter…”
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Experimental Search for Solar Axions via Coherent Primakoff Conversion in a Germanium Spectrometer by Avignone, F. T., Abriola, D., Brodzinski, R. L., Collar, J. I., Creswick, R. J., DiGregorio, D. E., Farach, H. A., Gattone, A. O., Guérard, C. K., Hasenbalg, F., Huck, H., Miley, H. S., Morales, A., Morales, J., Nussinov, S., Ortiz de Solórzano, A., Reeves, J. H., Villar, J. A., Zioutas, K.

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A coincidence signature library for multicoincidence radionuclide analysis systems by Smith, L.E., Ellis, J.E., Valsan, A.E., Aalseth, C.E., Miley, H.S.

“…Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA, is currently developing multicoincidence systems to perform trace radionuclide analysis at or near…”
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MEGA: a low-background radiation detector by Kazkaz, K., Aalseth, C.E., Hossbach, T.W., Gehman, V.M., Kephart, J.D., Miley, H.S.

“…The multiple-element gamma assay (MEGA) is a low-background detector designed to support environmental monitoring and national security applications. MEGA also…”
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Reduction of radioactive backgrounds in electroformed copper for ultra-sensitive radiation detectors by Hoppe, E.W., Aalseth, C.E., Farmer, O.T., Hossbach, T.W., Liezers, M., Miley, H.S., Overman, N.R., Reeves, J.H.

“…Abstract Ultra-pure construction materials are required for the next generation of neutrino physics, dark matter and environmental science applications. These…”
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Elevated radioxenon detected remotely following the Fukushima nuclear accident by Bowyer, T.W., Biegalski, S.R., Cooper, M., Eslinger, P.W., Haas, D., Hayes, J.C., Miley, H.S., Strom, D.J., Woods, V.

“…We report on the first measurements of short-lived gaseous fission products detected outside of Japan following the Fukushima nuclear releases, which occurred…”
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Search for an annual modulation of dark-matter signals with a germanium spectrometer at the Sierra Grande Laboratory by Abriola, D., Avignone, F.T., Brodzinski, R.L., Collar, J.I., Di Gregorio, D.E., Farach, H.A., García, E., Gattone, A.O., Guérard, C.K., Hasenbalg, F., Huck, H., Miley, H.S., Morales, A., Morales, J., Ortiz de Solórzano, A., Puimedon, J., Reeves, J.H., Salinas, A., Sarsa, M.L., Villar, J.A.

“…Results of a search for dark-matter induced annual modulation using 830.5 kg·days of data collected at the Sierra Grande underground laboratory with a…”
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Characterization of a low background proportional counter for a high throughput Argon-37 collection and measurement system by Alexander, T.R., Aalseth, C.E., Back, H.O., Bowyer, T.W., Day, A.R., Fuller, E.S., Hayes, J.C., Hoppe, E.W., Hossbach, T.W., Humble, P.H., Keller, D.T., Keillor, M.E., Lidey, L.S., Mace, E.K., McIntyre, J.I., Mendez, J.M., Miley, H.S., Morris, S.J., Myers, A.W., Orrell, J.L., Overman, C.T., Panisko, M.E., Seifert, A., Whyatt, G.A., Williams, R.M.

“…The measurement of 37Ar has been proposed as a method of detecting underground nuclear testing. The isotope 37Ar is generated by neutron activation of calcium…”
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Automated particulate sampler for Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty verification (the DOE radionuclide aerosol sampler/analyzer) by Bowyer, S.M., Miley, H.S., Thompson, R.C., Hubbard, C.W.

“…The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was recently signed by President Clinton and is intended to eliminate all nuclear weapons testing. One way which the…”
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Low-background gamma-ray spectrometry for the international monitoring system by Greenwood, L.R., Cantaloub, M.G., Burnett, J.L., Myers, A.W., Overman, C.T., Forrester, J.B., Glasgow, B.G., Miley, H.S.

“…PNNL has developed two low-background gamma-ray spectrometers in a new shallow underground laboratory, thereby significantly improving its ability to detect…”
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The potential detection of low-level aerosol isotopes from new civilian nuclear processes by Miley, H.S., Burnett, J.L., Foxe, M.P., Haas, D.A., Keillor, M.E., Lowrey, J.D., Mayer, M.F., McIntyre, J.I., Wood, J.S.

“…As the world faces a challenging future in maintaining the commercial availability of radioactive isotopes for medical use, new methods of medical isotope…”
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Development of a low-level 37Ar calibration standard by 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.

“…Argon-37 is an environmental signature of an underground nuclear explosion. Producing and quantifying low-level 37Ar standards is an important step in the…”
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Evaluation of laboratory detection systems for fission product detection by Miley, H.S., Arthur, R.J., Lepel, E.A., Pratt, S.L., Thomas, C.W.

“…Short lived fission product spectra have been created to evaluate several instrumentation approaches for laboratory measurements of the Comprehensive Nuclear…”
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Potential impact of releases from a new Molybdenum-99 production facility on regional measurements of airborne xenon isotopes by Bowyer, T.W., Eslinger, P.W., Cameron, I.M., Friese, J.I., Hayes, J.C., Metz, L.A., Miley, H.S.

“…The monitoring of the radioactive xenon isotopes 131mXe, 133Xe, 133mXe, and 135Xe is important for the detection of nuclear explosions. While backgrounds of…”
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SIMPLE dark matter search results by Girard, T.A., Giuliani, F., Morlat, T., Felizardo da Costa, M., Collar, J.I., Limagne, C., Waysand, G., Puibasset, J., Miley, H.S., Auguste, M., Boyer, D., Cavaillou, A., Marques, J.G., Oliveira, C., Fernandes, A.C., Ramos, A.R., Martins, R.C.

“…We report an improved SIMPLE experiment comprising four superheated droplet detectors with a total exposure of 0.42 kgd. The result yields ∼ factor 10…”
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A CF3I-based SDD prototype for spin-independent dark matter searches by Morlat, T., Felizardo, M., Giuliani, F., Girard, T.A., Waysand, G., Payne, R.F., Miley, H.S., Ramos, A.R., Marques, J.G., Martins, R.C., Limagne, D.

“…The application of superheated droplet detectors (SDDs) to dark matter searches has so far been confined to the light nuclei refrigerants C2CIF5 and C4F10…”
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Search for an Annual Modulation in a p-Type Point Contact Germanium Dark Matter Detector by Barbeau, P.S., Collar, J.I., Fields, N., Hossbach, T.W., Aalseth, C.E., Fast, James E., Keillor, M., Kephart, J.D., Miley, H.S., Orrell, John L., Colaresi, James F., Yocum, K. Michael, Leon, J. Diaz, Knecht, A., Marino, M. G., Miller, M. L., Radford, David C, Wilkerson, John F

“…Fifteen months of cumulative CoGeNT data are examined for indications of an annual modulation, a predicted signature of weakly interacting massive particle…”
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