Re: airport explosive detection systems -Reply

[BLHamrick@aol.com]

Paul Frame wrote:

>The SAIC developed explosives detectors were set up to use, I >believe,100
to 200 ug. ( ca. 0.05 -0.1 Ci).

>I'm treading on thin ice but I'll guess that SAIC is no longer
>manufacturing the devices

Because I had asked:

>How much Cf-252 is in these devices?  Less than 1 nCi?

I asked that because 1 nCi is the exempt quantity, and I had never seen a
license for one of these devices.  Were they/are they in use at commercial
airports?

Barbara L. Hamrick
BLHamrick@aol.com
Los Angeles County - Radiation Management
(Home of LAX)