CTBT Science and Technology Conference 2021 (SnT2021)

Session

Series of talks on 25 years of CTBT: Radionuclide Technologies

Is7

Jun 29, 2021, 6:30 PM

Stage 2 (Online)

Conveners

Series of talks on 25 years of CTBT: Radionuclide Technologies: Special talk

• Martin B. Kalinowski (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

604. Review and outlook of radionuclide screening methods for discriminating nuclear explosion signals from normal radioactivity background in the atmosphere (Is7-604)

Mr Theodore Bowyer (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA, USA)

6/29/21, 6:30 PM

Backbone elements

Special oral

For the International Monitoring System (IMS) to be effective, it is vital that nuclear explosion signals can be distinguished from natural and man-made radioactivity in the atmosphere. The International Data Centre (IDC) applies standard event screening criteria, with the objective of characterizing, highlighting, and thereby screening out, events considered to be consistent with natural...