Radiation Detection Field Test at the Federal Express (FedEx) Air Cargo Facility at Denver International Airport (DIA)

Conference · Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2004

OSTI ID:15013680

Weirup, D; Waters, A; Hall, H; Dougan, A; Trombino, D; Mattesich, G; Hull, E; Bahowick, S; Loshak, A; Gruidl, J

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently conducted a field-test of radiation detection and identification equipment at the air cargo facility of Federal Express (FedEx) located at Denver International Airport (DIA) over a period of two weeks. Comprehensive background measurements were performed and were analyzed, and a trial strategy for detection and identification of parcels displaying radioactivity was implemented to aid in future development of a comprehensive protection plan. The purpose of this project was threefold: {sm_bullet} Quantify background radiation environments at an air cargo facility. {sm_bullet} Quantify and identify ''nuisance'' alarms. {sm_bullet} Evaluate the performance of various isotope identifiers deployed in an operational environment (in this case, the operational environment included the biggest blizzard in over 90 years!).

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 15013680
• Report Number(s): UCRL-PROC-202522; TRN: US200803%%1070
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at: SPIE - Smart Structures/NDE 2004, San Diego, CA, United States, Mar 14 - Mar 18, 2004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOCIMETRY
AIRPORTS
BACKGROUND RADIATION
CARGO
DETECTION
FIELD TESTS
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
PERFORMANCE
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIOACTIVITY