Radiation detection field test at the federal express (FedEx) air cargo facility at Denver International Airport (DIA)

Amy Waters; Dave Weirup; Howard Hall; Arden Dougan; Dave Trombino; Gary Mattesich; Ethan Hull; Sally Bahowick; Alex Loshak; Jeremiah Gruidl

doi:10.1117/12.543314

Radiation detection field test at the federal express (FedEx) air cargo facility at Denver International Airport (DIA)

Amy Waters, Dave Weirup, Howard Hall, Arden Dougan, Dave Trombino, Gary Mattesich, Ethan Hull, Sally Bahowick, Alex Loshak, Jeremiah Gruidl

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A field-test of Radiation detection and identification equipment was discussed at the air cargo facility of Federal Express (fedEx) located at Denver International Airport (DIA). For this project, and air cargo facility was selected to partner with LLNL to investigate the radiation environment at such facilities, to quantify and identify nuisance alarms and to evaluate detectors in an operational environment. Two nuisance alarms were detected over the period of this experiment. It was suggested that handheld detectors require more robust communication software as well as more intuitive steps to save and analyze collected spectral data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-25
Number of pages	11
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5395
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.543314
State	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	Nondestructive Detection and Measurement for Homeland Security II - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Mar 16 2004 → Mar 17 2004

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Waters, A., Weirup, D., Hall, H., Dougan, A., Trombino, D., Mattesich, G., Hull, E., Bahowick, S., Loshak, A., & Gruidl, J. (2004). Radiation detection field test at the federal express (FedEx) air cargo facility at Denver International Airport (DIA). Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5395, 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.543314

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Radiation detection field test at the federal express (FedEx) air cargo facility at Denver International Airport (DIA)

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