Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Program. : Background and Issues for Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological warfare.

Expenditures, Public.

Radiation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (21 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides history of DHS Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (ASP) program, to develop, procure, and deploy an improved type of radiation detection device to protect U.S. from terrorist attacks. Outlines issues for Congress, including ASP capability to detect and identify threats, costs and benefits, computational modeling and analysis, system cost, criteria for secretarial certification, actions that would follow secretarial certification, and effects of helium-3 shortage; and examines options for Congress.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Program

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.