核爆炸监测网络设计考虑因素 核爆炸监测网络设计考虑因素
Paul W Eslinger1, Harry S Miley1, W Steven Rosenthal1
1Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA, 99354, USA.
Journal of environmental radioactivity
|October 20, 2023
概括
优化监测网络以检测-133 (Xe-133) 需要平衡采样器密度与释放水平. 更高的释放量允许更稀疏的网络,同时保持所需的检测概率.
科学领域:
- 环境监测环境监测环境监测
- 核安全问题 核安全问题
- 大气科学 大气科学
背景情况:
- 有效的监测网络对于检测放射性释放至关重要.
- -133 (Xe-133) 是一个关键的放射性核化物,在核安全方面令人担忧.
- 网络设计取决于发布特性,设备可靠性和性能目标.
研究的目的:
- 为优化或最小化 Xe-133 采样器网络提供科学基础.
- 为了确定各种释放级别和所需性能的最佳采样密度.
- 探索站点位置子集和替换对网络性能的影响.
主要方法:
- 改变采样位置密度以确定最佳子集.
- 通过使用假设的 Xe-133 释放和大气运输模型在一年内评估网络性能.
- 计算检测概率,预期站点和预期样本,用于网络评估.
主要成果:
- 量化措施支持根据站密度选择最佳或近最佳网络.
- 对于10^14 Bq释放的90%检测概率,需要非常高的采样密度,使用当前的技术.
- 将设计基础释放量增加到10^15 Bq,可以使站密度减少三倍.
结论:
- 通过调整与释放大小相对的采样密度来实现网络优化.
- 目前的技术需要高采样密度,以敏感检测较小的Xe-133释放.
- 实现特定的检测目标,如三个平均站检测,需要仔细考虑网络密度和释放场景.
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