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Independent Review Finds New Radiation Monitors Could Improve Container Screening

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Friday, March 14th, 2008

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Deploying a next-generation radiation portal monitors for secondary screening of cargo containers at ports of entry in the United States could result in better performance versus current technologies, thereby increasing confidence in the ability to counter the threat of nuclear smuggling, the chair of an independent review panel that assessed the testing and performance of the Advanced Spectroscopic Portals (ASP) said recently. "In general, we found that the hand-held systems currently used to identify radioisotopes in cargo are characterized by…

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