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Old 09-14-2008, 09:05 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Gadget created to detect smuggling of nuclear material.

"With PITAS in operation, security officials have the ability to scan cargo containers and detect dangerous nuclear materials while ships are still at sea.
And since the PITAS technology was designed to detect and alert operators to nuclear materials that have been covertly shielded, radiological dangers such as plutonium, uranium or thorium are distinguished during detection from simple medical or household items that often contain trace radioactive elements.
This added capability reduces common false positives and performs cargo scanning more efficiently. In addition, the technology was built to complete this entire process in several minutes and leave no residual environmental impact."
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Old 09-16-2008, 02:03 PM
 
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Can it tell the difference between actual radioactive material and cat litter?
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Old 09-16-2008, 07:10 PM
 
Location: Texas
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LOL, I bet that was embarrassing!

They say it can distinguish between that and other more serious stuff. The award by Homeland Security was 9/11/08


"And since the PITAS technology was designed to detect and alert operators to nuclear materials that have been covertly shielded, radiological dangers such as plutonium, uranium or thorium are distinguished during detection from simple medical or household items that often contain trace radioactive elements.
This added capability reduces common false positives and performs cargo scanning more efficiently. In addition, the technology was built to complete this entire process in several minutes and leave no residual environmental impact. "
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Old 09-18-2008, 11:46 AM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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There was an article in Physics Today last spring about dissatisfaction in Congress with a radiation security device program, but that was back in their May issue. Unfortunately, it's behind a subscription wall.
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