Author: Blackburn, B.W.
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CBRNE Standoff Detection  
 
  • B.W. Blackburn
    RTN IDS, Tewksbury, USA
 
  The speaker will address the ability to detect Chemical-Biological-Radiological-Nuclear-Explosive (CBRNE) material at large distances, which is becoming increasingly important for domestic and international security and has become a priority for the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense. Because of the inherent difficulty of passive detection of most CBRNE, accelerator systems have been proposed and developed for these applications. This talk will focus on cyclotron and linac-based systems presently under development. CBRNE detection requires that sources and detectors be specifically designed to work in tandem. In most cases, long standoff inspection systems require detectors to operate in environments for which they are not meant to function. Successful implementation of long-standoff CBRNE detection systems requires adequate matching of both sources and detectors with respect to inspection parameters.  
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