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Title: Idaho Explosives Detection System: Development and Enhancements

Abstract

The Idaho Explosives Detection System (IEDS) was developed at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to respond to threats imposed by delivery trucks carrying bulk explosives into military bases. The system consists of two racks, one on each side of a subject vehicle. Each rack includes a neutron generator and an array of sodium iodide (NaI) detectors. The two neutron generators are pulsed and synchronized. A computer connects to the system by Ethernet and is able to control the system remotely. The system was developed to detect bulk explosives in a medium size truck within a 5-minute measurement time. In 2004, a full-scale prototype IEDS system was built for testing and continued development. System performance was successfully tested using different types of real explosives with a variety of cargo at the INL from November 2005 through February 2006. Recently, the first deployable prototype system was constructed and shipped to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and will be in operation by March 2007. The capability of passively detecting radiological material within a delivery truck has also been added.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
924916
Report Number(s):
INL/JOU-06-12018
Journal ID: ISSN 1557-2064; TRN: US0802997
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC07-99ID-13727
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Sensing and Imaging
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 3 - 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1557-2064
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; CARGO; COMPUTERS; DETECTION; EXPLOSIVES; NEUTRON GENERATORS; PERFORMANCE; SODIUM IODIDES; TESTING; Explosives detection; neutron generator; Radiological material detection; sodium iodide detector

Citation Formats

Reber, Edward L, Blackwood, Larry G, Edwards, Andrew J, Egger, Ann E, and Petersen, Paul J. Idaho Explosives Detection System: Development and Enhancements. United States: N. p., 2007. Web.
Reber, Edward L, Blackwood, Larry G, Edwards, Andrew J, Egger, Ann E, & Petersen, Paul J. Idaho Explosives Detection System: Development and Enhancements. United States.
Reber, Edward L, Blackwood, Larry G, Edwards, Andrew J, Egger, Ann E, and Petersen, Paul J. 2007. "Idaho Explosives Detection System: Development and Enhancements". United States.
@article{osti_924916,
title = {Idaho Explosives Detection System: Development and Enhancements},
author = {Reber, Edward L and Blackwood, Larry G and Edwards, Andrew J and Egger, Ann E and Petersen, Paul J},
abstractNote = {The Idaho Explosives Detection System (IEDS) was developed at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to respond to threats imposed by delivery trucks carrying bulk explosives into military bases. The system consists of two racks, one on each side of a subject vehicle. Each rack includes a neutron generator and an array of sodium iodide (NaI) detectors. The two neutron generators are pulsed and synchronized. A computer connects to the system by Ethernet and is able to control the system remotely. The system was developed to detect bulk explosives in a medium size truck within a 5-minute measurement time. In 2004, a full-scale prototype IEDS system was built for testing and continued development. System performance was successfully tested using different types of real explosives with a variety of cargo at the INL from November 2005 through February 2006. Recently, the first deployable prototype system was constructed and shipped to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and will be in operation by March 2007. The capability of passively detecting radiological material within a delivery truck has also been added.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/924916}, journal = {Sensing and Imaging},
issn = {1557-2064},
number = 3 - 4,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2007},
month = {Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2007}
}