Low-dose x-ray security scanning

[Les Slaback <lester.slaback@nist.gov>]

An opportunity!!! Wide spread use of this device will certainly provoke
public discussion of de minimus, risk (if any)-benefit, every day exposure,
dose-effect threshold, etc.

When folks address nuc.power exposure topics the doses are quantified in
chest x-ray equivalents.  It seems logical that these x-ray exposures be
quantified in NucPowerDaysOfExposure units.


>Nicolet sold the unit to Rapiscan in Hawthorne, CA. They are the current
manufacturers. It is >called a Secure 1000. I believe that the x-ray
machine used will be a Security Detector
>manufactured by a local company here in San Diego called Nicolent Imaging
Systems.  You can >check out their site at: 
>    http://www.nlectc.org/techproj/nij_p25.html

Disclaimer:  the above are the personal musings of the author, and do not
represent any past, present, or future position of NIST, the U.S. government,
or anyone else who might think that they are in a position of authority. 
Lester Slaback, Jr.  [Lester.Slaback@NIST.GOV] 
NBSR Health Physics 
Center for Neutron Research 
NIST
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