title: Tritium as an indicator of venues for nuclear tests.
abstract: Currently, due to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons there is a highly topical issue of an accurate verification of nuclear explosion venues. This paper proposes to consider new method for verification by using tritium as an indicator. Detailed studies of the tritium content in the air were carried in the locations of underground nuclear tests - "Balapan" and "Degelen" testing sites located in Semipalatinsk Test Site. The paper presents data on the levels and distribution of tritium in the air where tunnels and boreholes are located - explosion epicentres, wellheads and tunnel portals, as well as in estuarine areas of the venues for the underground nuclear explosions (UNE).
authors: Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology, NNC RK, 2 Krasnoarmeyskaya St., Kurchatov, Kazakhstan. Lyahova@nnc.kz
authors: O N
authors: ON
authors: Lyakhova
authors: S N
authors: SN
authors: Lukashenko
authors: S I
authors: SI
authors: Mulgin
authors: S V
authors: SV
authors: Zhdanov
mesh_terms: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D007623:Kazakhstan; D054043:Nuclear Weapons; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D014316:Tritium / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D014316:Tritium
keywords: Air; Nuclear explosion; Tritium; Tritium contamination; Verification