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Homeland Security

Port Official Says Feds Want Ports To Pick Up Sustainment Costs For Radiation Portal Monitors

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

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Port Official Says Feds Want Ports To Pick Up Sustainment Costs For Radiation Portal Monitors

Port of Houston. Photo: City of Houston.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is trying to negotiate with ports authorities around the countries to get port operators to pay for the costs of sustaining radiation detectors that the federal government has purchased and operated since 9/11 to help screen shipping containers arriving in the United States for illicit radiological or nuclear materials, a Massachusetts port official told Congress on Tuesday.The first generation of Radiation Portal Monitors (RPMs) deployed at ports following 9/11 are nearing the end of their…

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