Prototype explosives detection system based on nuclear resonance absorption in nitrogen

Conference · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:10107608

Morgado, R E; Cappiello, C C; Gardner, S D; Hollas, C L; Ussery, L E; White, J M; Zahrt, J D ^[1]; Krauss, R A ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
2. Federal Aviation Administration, Atlantic City, NJ (United States)

A-prototype explosives detection system that was developed for experimental evaluation of a nuclear resonance absorption techniques is described. The major subsystems are a proton accelerator and beam transport, high-temperature proton target, an airline-luggage tomographic inspection station, and an image-processing/detection- alarm subsystem. The detection system performance, based on a limited experimental test, is reported.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 10107608
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-93-3528; CONF-9310164-7; ON: DE94003979
• Resource Relation: Conference: International symposium on substance identification technologies,Innsbruck (Austria),4-8 Oct 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
42 ENGINEERING
EXPLOSIVES
DETECTION
AIRPORTS
SECURITY
NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS
ALARM SYSTEMS
PROTON REACTIONS
ACCELERATORS
440101
450100
420200
GENERAL DETECTORS OR MONITORS AND RADIOMETRIC INSTRUMENTS
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIONS AND EXPLOSIVES
FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND TECHNIQUES