Improved Security Via ''Town Crier'' Monitoring

Conference · Wed Feb 26 04:00:00 EST 2003

OSTI ID:827636

Johnston, R G; Garcia, A R. E.; Pacheco, A N

Waste managers are increasingly expected to provide good security for the hazardous materials they marshal. Good security requires, among other things, effective tamper and intrusion detection. We have developed and demonstrated a new method for tamper and intrusion detection which we call the ''town crier method''. It avoids many of the problems and vulnerabilities associated with traditional approaches, and has significant advantages for hazardous waste transport. We constructed two rudimentary town crier prototype systems, and tested them for monitoring cargo inside a truck. Preliminary results are encouraging.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• OSTI ID: 827636
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
CARGO
DETECTION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
MONITORING
SECURITY
TRANSPORT
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES