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Homeland Security

In Final Report, Scientists Say Cost-Benefit Analysis for ASP Needs Improvements

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Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

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A draft version of a cost-benefit analysis by the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) that supports the use of next-generation radiation portal monitors in secondary inspection lanes to scan trucks for illicit radiological materials needs improvements before it can be used to support a decision, says the final report on the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (ASP) program prepared by the National Research Council (NRC). The report, which follows an interim report by the NRC in 2009, says that DNDO implemented recommendations…

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