A.M. Coulibaly¹ , K. Yamba²

¹University of Ouagadougou
²Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST)

Abstract:

TIMEtool is a smart application system allowing to evaluate the nuclear event zero time using radioxenon isotopic activity ratios. The nuclear events of interest are nuclear explosions under in-growth condition, releases from nuclear power plants or from medical isotope production facilities. TIMEtool allows setting the time of fractionation in the case of a nuclear explosion. The plots generated by this software, including the measurement data, give an estimate of the origin time of the release. TIMEtool could be a promising tool in support of the CTBT to help in nuclear event timing.