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Title | Radiation protection and measurement issues related to cargo scanning with accelerator-produced high-energy X rays, NCRP Commentary No. 20 | ||||
Abstract | Having spent roughly the first third of his health physics career on the Norfolk, VA waterfront area, the reviewer was excited to see the NCRP Commentary 20, Radiation Protection and Measurements Issues Related to Cargo Scanning with Accelerator Technology. It signals the advent of the Cargo Advanced Automated Radiography System (CAARS). The waterfront is a border that challenges physical security programs and technology. As Commentary 20 provides in the introduction, waterfront cargo terminals and land border crossings together represent over 300 ports of entry in the USA. Every year, the USA receives over 10 million cargo containers from commercial shipping and a roughly equal amount from land border crossings. While rapidly processing containerised cargo, CAARS will be able to detect small quantities of high atomic number radioactive materials and dense shielding materials used for radioactive gamma ray sources and even illicit human cargoimportant concerns for homeland security. | ||||
Author(s) | Bob May | ||||
Publication Date | November 2008 | ||||
Document Type | Journal Article | ||||
Primary Institution | Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News | ||||
Affiliation | ES&H Division / ES&H Division / ESH&Q Division | ||||
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Proprietary? | No | ||||
This publication conveys | Technical Science Results | ||||
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Associated with an experiment | No | ||||
Associated with EIC | No | ||||
Supported by Jefferson Lab LDRD Funding | No |
Journal Article
Journal Name | Radiation Protection Dosimetry |
Refereed | Yes |
Volume | 132 |
Issue | 3 |
Page(s) | 357-359 |
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Document(s) | (none) |
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Dataset(s) | (none) |
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