More protection against explosives and nuclear material in freight containers
Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 21:56
in Mathematics & Economics
Illegally transported, conventional explosives and nuclear relevant or radioactive materials can enable international terror organisations to transport hazardous materials for attacks to any place in the world. For improved protection against such hazardous freight, scientists of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and an Israeli research centre have developed a cargo inspection system which detects conventional explosives - and in addition, also drugs - with the aid of neutron radiography...
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