The practicality of pulsed fast neutron transmission spectroscopy for aviation security / Panel on Assessment of the Practicality of Pulsed Fast Neutron Transmission Spectroscopy for Aviation Security.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Assessment of the Practicality of Pulsed Fast Neutron Transmission Spectroscopy for Aviation Security.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airports--Security measures.

Airports.

Aeronautics--Security measures.

Aeronautics.

Neutron capture gamma ray spectroscopy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (55 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Materials Advisory Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A major goal of the Federal Aviation Administration, and now the Transportation Security Administration, is the development of technologies for detecting explosives and illegal drugs in freight cargo and passenger luggage. One such technology is pulsed fa

Contents:

Front Matterr; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Contents; Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Executive Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Principle of Bulk Explosives Detection; 3 Laboratory Tests of Pulsed Fast Neutron Transmission Spectroscopy; 4 Baseline Characteristics of Explosives-Detection Systems Based on X-ray-Computed Tomography; 5 Tensor Technology Report on the Multidimensional Neutron Radiometer Airline Security System; 6 Comparison of Pulsed Fast Neutron Transmission Spectroscopy and FAA-Certified Explosives-Detection Systems; 7 Conclusions and Recommendations; References

Biographical Sketches of Panel Members

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-41).

ISBN:

1-282-08148-9

9786612081484

0-309-51898-9

0-585-19721-0

OCLC:

697787298