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QinetiQ Teams With Firm Developing Crane-Mounted Radiation Detector

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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

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By Calvin Biesecker QinetiQ North America (QNA) said yesterday it has partnered with VeriTainer Corp., a small research and development firm that has developed and tested a radiation detection system that can be mounted on dockside cranes that load and unload shipping containers, to offer the radiation detection system to customers in the United States and elsewhere. VeriTainer's VeriSpreader completed a second phase of self-funded tests this spring at the Port of Oakland, Calif., successfully scanning 30,000 containers, John Alioto,…

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