Mobile TNA system to detect explosives and drugs concealed in cars and trucks

Joseph Bendahan; Tsahi Gozani

doi:10.1117/12.335010

28 December 1998 Mobile TNA system to detect explosives and drugs concealed in cars and trucks

Joseph Bendahan, Tsahi Gozani

Proceedings Volume 3575, Enforcement and Security Technologies; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.335010
Event: Enabling Technologies for Law Enforcement and Security, 1998, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

The drug problem in the U.S. is serious and efforts to fight it are constrained by the lack of adequate means to curb the inflow of smuggled narcotics into the country through cargo containers. Also, events such as the disastrous explosion in Oklahoma City, the IRA bombing in London, and the bombing of the U.S. military residence in Dharan make the development of new tools for the detection of explosives and drugs in vehicles imperative. Thermal neutron analysis (TNA) technology, developed for the detection of explosives in suitcases, and detection of landmines and unexploded ordnance is presently being applied to the nonintrusive detection of significant amounts of explosives and drugs concealed in cars, trucks and large cargo containers. TNA technology is based on the analysis of characteristic gamma rays emitted following thermal neutron capture. A TNA system can be used in a variety of operational scenarios, such as inspection before an unloaded cargo container from a spit is moved to temporary storage, inspection of trucks unloaded from a ferry, or inspection of vehicles parked close to Federal building or military bases. This paper will discuss the detection process and operational scenarios, and will present results from recent simulations and measurements.

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Joseph Bendahan and Tsahi Gozani "Mobile TNA system to detect explosives and drugs concealed in cars and trucks", Proc. SPIE 3575, Enforcement and Security Technologies, (28 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.335010

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