Evaluating testing, costs, and benefits of advanced spectroscopic portals for screening cargo at ports of entry : interim report (abbreviated version) /

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"To improve screening of containerized cargo for nuclear and radiological material that might be entering the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking to deploy new radiation detectors, called advanced spectroscopic portals (ASPs). The ASPs are intended to replace som...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Advanced Spectroscopic Portals
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Nuclear counters.
Radioactive substances > Detection > Equipment and supplies.
Ports of entry > Security measures > United States.
Détecteurs de particules.
Postes-frontières > États-Unis > Sécurité > Mesures.
SCIENCE > Physics > Nuclear.
SCIENCE > Physics > Atomic & Molecular.
Ports of entry > Security measures.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Executive summary
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Background on radiation detection
  • Testing and analyses of the ASP and PVT/RIID systems
  • Cost-benefit analysis
  • References
  • Appendix A: The joint explanatory statement and the statement of task
  • Appendix B: Performance metrics for ASPs and PVTs
  • Appendix C: The value of factorial experiments
  • Appendix D: Brief biographies of committee members.

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