Preface: "Improving seismic networks performances: from site selection to data integration" (EGU2015 SM1.2/GI1.5 session) by D. Pesaresi, H. Pedersen, Y. Starovoit

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Native Apocalypse in Claire G. Coleman’s <i>The Old Lie</i> by Iva Polak

“…By using the metaphor of a secular apocalypse (Weaver) wrapped in the form of a space opera, she interrogates historical colonialism on a much larger scale to bring to the fore the distinctive Indigenous experience of Australia’s <i>terra nullius</i> and its horrific offshoots: the Stolen Generations, nuclear tests on Aboriginal land and the treatment of Indigenous war veteran, but this time experienced by the people of the futuristic Earth. …”
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Classification of nuclear activity types for neighboring countries of South Korea using machine learning techniques with xenon isotopic activity ratios by Sang-Kyung Lee, Ser Gi Hong

“…The considered sources for the neighboring countries of South Korea include PWRs, CANDUs, IRT-2000, Yongbyun 5 MWe reactor, and nuclear tests with plutonium and uranium. The results of the analysis showed that the overall prediction accuracies of models with SVM and KNN using six inputs, all exceeded 90%. …”
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A Designer’s Approach for Estimation of Nuclear-Air-Blast-Induced Ground Motion by Shashank Pathak, G. V. Ramana

“…Further, peak displacements are estimated using the proposed model as well as the UFC manual and compared against the field data of atmospheric nuclear test carried out at Nevada test site. It is found that the proposed model is in good agreement with field data, whereas the UFC manual significantly underestimates the peak ground displacements under higher overpressures.…”
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Consequences for the Industry of Radioactive Contamination Accompanied by the Dynamics of 137Cs and 40K Movement in the Environment by Marina Popijač, Delko Barišić, Oleg Antonić, Robert Benković, Krunoslav Mirosavljević

“…Radioactive pollution entered the ecosystems during the nuclear test in the 1950s and 1960s and in Croatia largely after Chernobyl accident in 1986. 137Cs and 40K can be stored in different parts of the trees but also in the upper surface layer of soil under the trees. …”
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North Korean strategic culture: survival and security by Husenicova Lucia

“…Topics such as the strongest nuclear test, tests of missiles from medium range ballistic missiles (MRBM) to intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), readiness to retaliate to any possible U.S. attack, appeared frequently. …”
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Establishing Nuclear Weapons Obligations for a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction by Zia Mian

“…The measures suggested in this article draw on and w\ould serve to reinforce commitments that many states in the region have already accepted or offered support for, including the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, the African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty, and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. …”
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Dynamics of total phosphate in the greater Everglades by Joseph Park, Erik Stabenau

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Integrated Ecological-Economic Modeling of Regions with the use of GIS Technologies by G.N. Bulatova, N.I. Afanasyeva, D.A. Semanov

“…The ecological content of the map is characterized by indicators that are potential or actual sources of pollutant release into the environment (nuclear power plants, nuclear reactors, radioactive waste storage and disposal sites, nuclear test sites, industrial enterprises, railways, operating and under construction oil pipelines, hydrocarbon fields, etc.). …”
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Trustworthy nuclear sovereigns? India and Pakistan after the 1998 Tests. by Sullivan, K, Wheeler, N

“…India and Pakistan both faced widespread international condemnation following their 1998 nuclear tests. Today the two countries stand apart in the global nuclear order. …”

Direction Estimates for Short-Period P-Waves on Three-Component Stations and Arrays by Steven J. Gibbons

“…We demonstrate for recordings of North Korean nuclear tests at the Pilbara 3C array in Australia that the biases in the Z–R correlation functions vary greatly between adjacent stations. …”
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Infrasound Thunder Detections across 15 Years over Ivory Coast: Localization, Propagation, and Link with the Stratospheric Semi-Annual Oscillation by Thomas Farges, Patrick Hupe, Alexis Le Pichon, Lars Ceranna, Constantino Listowski, Adama Diawara

“…One prominent infrasound station of the International Monitoring System infrasound network of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization for studying lightning activity is in Ivory Coast, where the lightning rate of this region is relatively high. …”
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Statistical modeling of trends in infant mortality after atmospheric nuclear weapons testing. by Alfred Körblein

“…The results should be interpreted with caution because they rely on the assumption of a uniformly decreasing secular trend if there had been no nuclear tests, but this cannot be verified. It is concluded that atmospheric nuclear weapons testing may be responsible for the deaths of several million babies in the Northern Hemisphere.…”
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Development of Industrial-Scale Fission 99Mo Production Process Using Low Enriched Uranium Target by Seung-Kon Lee, Gerd J. Beyer, Jun Sig Lee

“…The mitigation of radioxenon emission from medical radioisotope production facilities is discussed in relation with the monitoring of nuclear explosions and comprehensive nuclear test ban. Lastly, the 99Mo production process paired with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute's own LEU target is proposed as one of the most suitable processes for the LEU target.…”
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Bolide Energetics and Infrasound Propagation: Exploring the 18 December 2018 Bering Sea Event to Identify Limitations of Empirical and Numerical Models by Stephen Arrowsmith, Petru Negraru, Greg Johnson

“…Bolides are also important atmospheric sources for assessing long-range infrasound propagation models and can be used as benchmark events for validating the International Monitoring System (IMS) infrasound network, which is designed to detect nuclear tests in the atmosphere. This article exploits unique infrasound observations from a large bolide recorded on IMS infrasound arrays and high-density infrasound deployments in the United States to assess limitations in infrasound source scaling relationships. …”
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Nuclear Melt Glass from Experimental Field, Semipalatinsk Test Site by Irina E. Vlasova, Vasily O. Yapaskurt, Alexei A. Averin, Oleg E. Melnik, Denis A. Zolotov, Roman A. Senin, Tatiana R. Poliakova, Iurii M. Nevolin, Stepan N. Kalmykov, Andrey A. Shiryaev

“…Investigation of shocked materials provides unique information about behavior of substances in extreme thermodynamic conditions. Near surface nuclear tests have induced multiple transformations of affected soils. …”
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Infrasound observations at Syowa Station, East Antarctica: Implications for detecting the surface environmental variations in the polar regions by Yoshiaki Ishihara, Masaki Kanao, Masa-yuki Yamamoto, Shigeru Toda, Takeshi Matsushima, Takahiko Murayama

“…A continuous monitoring by infrasound sensors in the Antarctic firmly contributes to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in the southern high latitude, together with the Pan-Antarctic Observations System (PAntOS) under the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). …”
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Development and evaluations of the broadband ocean bottom seismometer (Yardbird-BB OBS) in Taiwan by Ching-ren Lin, Yi-Chun Liao, Chau-chang Wang, Ban-Yuan Kuo, Hsin-Hung Chen, Jia-pu Jang, Po-chi Chen, Hsu-kuang Chang, Feng-Sheng Lin, Kun-Hui Chang

“…Data from 2016 and 2017 deployments in the Okinawa Trough analyze significant seismic events, including a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in New Zealand and a magnitude 6.3 earthquake from a North Korean nuclear test. Waveform analysis, focusing on tele-seismic events and waveform quality, assesses the OBS’s performance, highlighting successful automatic leveling adjustment. …”
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Investigation of the food safety of lamb meat obtained in ecologically unfavorable territories by Zukhra Apsalikova, Kumarbek Amirkhanov, Svetlana Gaptar, Alima Mukanova, Yelena Yevlampiyeva, Samat Kassymov, Yulia Brait, Assem Spanova, Aleksandra Lipikhina, Kazbek Apsalikov

“…The study also examines the levels of heavy metals (Pb, Cd, As, Hg) and radionuclides Cs-137 and Sr-90 in raw meat from ecologically unfavorable areas, as well as the effects of heat treatment on reducing the content of these harmful substances.MethodsThe research involved analyzing raw meat samples from the Abai district near the former Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site in Semey, Kazakhstan. The levels of heavy metals and radionuclides were measured before and after heat treatment to assess the effectiveness of cooking in reducing these contaminants. …”
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Temporal variations of 90Sr and 137Cs in atmospheric depositions after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident with long-term observations by Takeshi Kinase, Kouji Adachi, Tsuyoshi Thomas Sekiyama, Mizuo Kajino, Yuji Zaizen, Yasuhito Igarashi

“…We observed the variations in 90Sr and 137Cs, which were emitted from atmospheric nuclear tests and nuclear power plant accidents, due to their diffusion, deposition, and resuspension. …”
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