Environmental assessment of the thermal neutron activation explosive detection system for concourse use at US airports
Description:
This document is an environmental assessment of a system designed to detect the presence of explosives in checked airline baggage or cargo. The system is meant to be installed at the concourse or lobby ticketing areas of US commercial airports and uses a sealed radioactive source of californium-252 to irradiate baggage items. The major impact of the use of this system arises from direct exposure of the public to scattered or leakage radiation from the source and to induced radioactivity in bagg…
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Date:
August 1, 1990
Creator:
Jones, C.G.
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