Development of Non-hazardous Explosives for Security Training and Testing (NESTT)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States). Energetic Materials Center
- Federal Aviation Administration, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ (United States). FAA Technical Center
The security force at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) routinely used canines to search for explosives and other contraband substances. The use of threat quantities of explosive for realistic training in populated or sensitive Laboratory areas has not been permitted because of the hazard. To overcome this limitation a series of non-hazardous materials with authentic signatures have been prepared and evaluated. A series of materials has been prepared that have authentic properties of explosives but are non-hazardous. These NESTT materials are prepared by coating a few micron thick layer of an explosive on a non-reactive substrate. This produces a formulation with an authentic vapor and molecular signature. Authentic x-ray and oxygen/nitrogen density signatures are obtained through the appropriate choice of a substrate. The signatures of NESTT TNT and NESTT Comp. C-4 have been verified by instrument and canine (K-9) detection in a Beta Test Program.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 212544
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-120385; CONF-951263-2; ON: DE96008757; TRN: 96:010563
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. international symposium on analysis and detection of explosives, Chantilly, VA (United States), 4-8 Dec 1995; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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