[ RadSafe ] Airport Passenger Screening Using Backscatter X-Ray Machines: Compliance with Standards | The National Academies Press

[Joseph Preisig]

Radsafe,

      Don't know if this really exists, but I've heard of something like
it.  A suitcase is placed next to the suitcase
to be screened.  A neutron generator produces neutrons and a
photomultiplier tube or other detector detects
the return gammas or whatever.  Shhhhhh....

     Joe Preisig


On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Cary Renquist <cary.renquist at ezag.com>
wrote:

>
> Haven't had a chance to look at it yet, but looks like they finally used
> appropriate detectors for the evaluation...
>
> Authors
> Committee on Airport Passenger Screening: Backscatter X-Ray Machines;
> National Materials and Manufacturing Board; Division on Engineering and
> Physical Sciences; Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board; Division on Earth
> and Life Studies; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
>
> Description
> Passenger screening at commercial airports in the United States has gone
> through significant changes since the events of September 11, 2001. In
> response to increased concern over terrorist attacks on aircrafts, the
> Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has deployed security systems
> of advanced imaging technology (AIT) to screen passengers at airports. To
> date (December 2014), TSA has deployed AITs in U.S. airports of two
> different technologies that use different types of radiation to detect
> threats: millimeter wave and X-ray backscatter AIT systems. X-ray
> backscatter AITs were deployed in U.S. airports in 2008 and subsequently
> removed from all airports by June 2013 due to privacy concerns. TSA is
> looking to deploy a second-generation X-ray backscatter AIT equipped with
> privacy software to eliminate production of an image of the person being
> screened in order to alleviate these concerns.
>
> <http://j.mp/napxraybksctr>
>
> As with almost all NAP publications, the PDF version is a free download.
>
> Cary
> --
> Cary.renquist at ezag.com
>
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