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Extended Radionuclide Background Campaign in Pabrade, Lithuania

P2.3-712
Not scheduled
1h
Zeremoniensaal

Zeremoniensaal

E-poster T2.3 Atmospheric and Subsurface Radionuclide Background and Dispersion P2.3 Atmospheric and Subsurface Radionuclide Background and Dispersion

Speakers

Lance Lidey (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))Mr Michael Mayer (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

Description

Since March 2021, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), in cooperation with Radiation Protection Center in Lithuania, has been supporting a radionuclide background measurement campaign in Pabrade, Lithuania. This measurement campaign aims to provide a better understanding of background detections in a previously unobserved region. Lithuania is a complex region for measuring background radioactivity. Multiple known sources affect the region, including multiple medical isotope production facilities in Northern Europe and two recently constructed nuclear power reactors in Astravets, Belarus. The nearest International Monitoring System station is in Stockholm, Sweden, approximately 670 km away. PNNL has installed several environmental radiation detectors onsite, including the Transportable Xenon Laboratory (TXL). We present the results of the measurement campaign and discuss detection events where multiple radioxenon isotopes were observed in the region.

E-mail [email protected]

Author

Lance Lidey (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

Co-authors

Brittany Abromeit (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)) Mr Dana Byram (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)) Mr Ian Cameron (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)) Julius Žiliukas (Radiation Protection Centre, Lithuania) Dr Matthew Cooper (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)) Mr Michael Mayer (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)) Olga Andželika Olechnovič Mr Ramesh Sarathi (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)) Mr Reynold Suarez (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)) Rita Plukiene (Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC), Lithuania)

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