UNH scientists to build device for detecting contraband radioactive material
Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 10:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center (SSC), in partnership with Michigan Aerospace Corporation, have been contracted by the federal Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to build a highly sensitive instrument that will detect illicit radioactive materials with pinpoint accuracy from a safe distance. Such materials, located in shipping ports, train stations, truck stops or warehouses, potentially could be used to make "dirty bombs" or associated with a nuclear device itself.