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DHS Postpones Certification of Next Generation Radiation Portal Monitors

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Friday, November 16th, 2007

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By Calvin Biesecker Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has postponed a decision on certifying the cost benefits of new radiation detection portal monitors based on the concerns of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the agency that would be the primary user of the Advanced Spectroscopic Portals (ASP). CBP doesn't have any concerns with the next-generation ASPs but believes more time is needed for the technology to mature, Jayson Ahern, deputy commissioner of CBP, told reporters on Wednesday at the agency's…

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