Ultra-high resolution mass separator--application to detection of nuclear weapons tests

K Peräjärvi; T Eronen; V-V Elomaa; J Hakala; A Jokinen; H Kettunen; V S Kolhinen; M Laitinen; I D Moore; H Penttilä; J Rissanen; A Saastamoinen; H Toivonen; J Turunen; J Aystö

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.12.020

Ultra-high resolution mass separator--application to detection of nuclear weapons tests

Appl Radiat Isot. 2010 Mar;68(3):450-3. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.12.020. Epub 2009 Dec 16.

Authors

K Peräjärvi¹, T Eronen, V-V Elomaa, J Hakala, A Jokinen, H Kettunen, V S Kolhinen, M Laitinen, I D Moore, H Penttilä, J Rissanen, A Saastamoinen, H Toivonen, J Turunen, J Aystö

Affiliation

¹ STUK-Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Helsinki, Finland. kari.perajarvi@stuk.fi

PMID: 20044263
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.12.020

Abstract

A Penning trap-based purification process having a resolution of about 1 ppm is reported. In this context, we present for the first time a production method for the most complicated and crucially important nuclear weapons test signature, (133m)Xe. These pure xenon samples are required by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization to standardize and calibrate the worldwide network of xenon detectors.