Fresh of off its termination of the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal program, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has issued a special notice saying it will release a Request for Information early in FY ’12 for readily available commercial-off-the-shelf radiation scanning systems and detectors that are capable of detecting and identifying radiation sources within cargo and conveyances entering the U.S. via land border crossings and seaports. The conveyances may be full-sized motor vehicles, trucks, buses, vehicles, cargo containers or a combination thereof. These systems must accurately ant rapidly detect radiation threat materials and devices, including nuclear weapons, improvised nuclear devices, special nuclear material and radiological dispersal devices with sufficient discrimination to separate innocent radiation materials from threat materials. The systems must also be able to discriminate between radioactive material such as naturally occurring radioactive material and radioisotopes utilized for medical procedures and industrial applications. Sol. No. DNDONTI08132011. Contact: Paul Burrowes, program manager, [email protected].
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