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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

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*The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office is expected to begin field validations this week of the respective Advanced Spectroscopic Portals being developed by Areva's Canberra Industries, Raytheon [RTN], and Thermo Fisher Scientific [TMO]. The validations will last about one month and take place at four ports of entry in the U.S. The field validations will be followed by an independent test and evaluation program managed by the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology office. Separately, the National Science Foundation continues…

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