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  • Titel: Searching for the “smoking gun” of the miscarried 2019 Nenoksa nuclear cruise missile test: a null result
  • Beteiligte: Spykman, Imke [VerfasserIn]; Blenke, Tobias [VerfasserIn]; Büchner, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]; Degering, Detlev [VerfasserIn]; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos [VerfasserIn]; Fischer, Helmut W. [VerfasserIn]; Lasche, George [VerfasserIn]; Masson, Olivier [VerfasserIn]; Mietelski, Jerzy W. [VerfasserIn]; Ransby, Daniela [VerfasserIn]; Renz, Franz [VerfasserIn]; Souti, Maria‐Evangelia [VerfasserIn]; Zok, Dorian [VerfasserIn]; Steinhauser, Georg [VerfasserIn]
  • Erschienen: Leipzig : Barth, Hüthig, 2021
  • Erschienen in: Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie (ZAAC) - Journal of Inorganic and General Chemistry 647 (2021), Nr. 4 ; Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie (ZAAC) - Journal of Inorganic and General Chemistry
  • Ausgabe: published Version
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.15488/15010; https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.202000291
  • ISSN: 0044-2313
  • Schlagwörter: fission products ; peace-related research ; environmental radioactivity ; environmental monitoring ; nuclear propelled missile
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  • Beschreibung: On August 8, 2019, an explosion of a military missile occurred at the Nenoksa (also transcribed as Nyonoksa) Missile Test Center (Russian Federation). Russian authorities confirmed a release of radioactive material in the course of this incident, which fueled rumors that it could have involved a nuclear-propelled missile of the Burevestnik/Skyfall type. In this study, our radioanalytical efforts are summarized searching for the “smoking gun” of the incident. These included the gamma-measurements of air filters from two vessels that were in some proximity to the event as well as one Greek high-volume air filter. In addition, we tested the hypothesis that radioactive 42Ar may have been used to operate a radiothermal generator. If the incident had released 42Ar, it may have become detectable by measuring characteristic gamma radiation emitted from a tank containing liquefied atmospheric argon. No traces whatsoever were found that could provide clues about the release. It is possible that the presumably small amounts of radionuclides released from either a small nuclear reactor or a powerful radionuclide source dispersed quickly over Russian territory to non-detectable levels before reaching any of our assayed samples.
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