Predicting multiphase flow and tracer transport for an underground chemical explosive test

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Authors: J. Ortiz, D. A. Lucero, Esteban Rougier, Earl Eugene Knight, S. Michelle Bourret, Bradley G. Fritz, Miles A. Bodmer, Jason E. Heath, Chelsea W. Neil, Hakim Boukhalfa, Kristopher Kuhlman, Shawn Otto
+88 more Souheil M. Ezzedine, Barry Roberts, R. Charles Choens, George A. Zyvoloski, Philip H. Stauffer, PE1 Experimental Team, George Abbott, Thomas Alexander, Ethan Alger, Adan Alvarez, Tarabay Antoun, Graham Auld, Hector Banuelos, Marcus Barela, Tyler Barnhart, Perry Barrow, Tara Bartlett, Arturo Bockman, Miles A. Bodmer, Kyren Bogolub, J. L. Bonner, Rose M. Borden, Hakim Boukhalfa, Danny Bowman, Carl G. Britt, Benjamin Broman, S. T. Broome, Brian D. Brown, J. Burghardt, D. N. Chester, R. Charles Choens, Kirsten Chojnicki, Al Churby, Justin Cole, Thomas Coleman, J. D. Collard, Alexander Couture, Glenn Crosby, Alvaro Cruz-Cabrera, Musa Dea, W. Dekin, Beirl De Visser, Matthew C. Dietel, Christine Downs, Nicholas Martin Downs, Damien D'Saint Angelo, Elizabeth G. Dzenitis, Eric E. Eckert, Stephanie Eras, G. G. Euler, Souheil M. Ezzedine, Jose Falliner, Jim Fast, Kristine Featherston, Joshua David Feldman, Michael P. Foxe, Clayton Freimuth, Brad K. Fritz, Sergio Gamboa, Lisa Garner, Thomas Gascoigne, Jason A. Gastelum, Jessie Gaylord, David Gessey, Brian D. Glasgow, Graham Glavin, Andrew Glomski, Matthew Goodwin, David Green, James G. Griego, Scott Grover, Jose Madrid Gutierrez, Derek Haas, Rodger C. Hall, Allyson G. Hall, Daniel Hardy, Dylan Hauk, Jason E. Heath, James Holdcroft, A. A. Holland, Will Honjas, Kaleb R Howard, Clayton C. Hudson, Matthew Ingraham, Johnny Jaramillo, Ayrton Jenkins, C. Mark Johnson, Kyle Richard Jones
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-35868-w
Cited by: 1
References: 42

Abstract

Detecting radionuclide gas seepage from clandestine underground nuclear tests is central to nonproliferation explosion monitoring research. Yet, early-time (

Fields of Study & Subjects

Radioactive contamination and transfer Wind and Air Flow Studies Groundwater flow and contamination studies

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Journal / source
Scientific Reports
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
16
Issue
1
Publication date
17 February 2026
Language
EN