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From: Guy Urbina <urb..._at_llnl.gov>
Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] {2538} isotope detector nails 70 mph cat
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I was part of the original team that developed this system. We licensed the=
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technology to Textron systems and now they are installed at many locations=
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in the US.
see...ARAM (Adaptable Radiation Area Monitor)
http://www.textrondefense.com/products/homeland_security.htm
R/
-Guy
At 04:19 PM 3/25/2008, you wrote:
>Talk about receiver sensitivity..................
>
>
>Nuclear detectors in Washington State detect radioactive cat Published 25=
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>March 2008
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>DHS has radiation monitors along Interstate 5 to make sure no radioactive=
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>material is being smuggled into the country; the monitors are so sensitive=
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>that they detected a sick cat in car driving at 70 miles per hour (the cat=
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>was taken home after cancer radiation treatment at the vet)
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>In a meeting last week of 200 San Juan Islanders, deputy chief Joe=20
>Giuliano of the Border Patrol explained to agency's policy to conduct=20
>citizenship checks on domestic ferry runs.
>
>The Seattle Times's Danny Westneat writes that near the end of his=20
>presentation, while trying to convince the audience that the point is to=
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>root out terrorists, Giuliano revealed that DHS has been monitoring=20
>Interstate 5 for nuclear dirty bombs.
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>They do it with radiation detectors so sensitive it led to the following=
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>incident.
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>"Vehicle goes by at 70 miles per hour," Giuliano told the crowd. "Agent is=
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>in the median, a good 80 feet away from the traffic. Signal went off and=
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>identified an isotope [in the passing car]."
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>The agent raced after the car, pulling it over not far from the monitoring=
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>spot (near the Bow-Edison exit, 18 miles south of Bellingham).
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>The agent questioned the driver, then did a cursory search of the car,=20
>Giuliano said. "Turned out to be a cat with cancer that had undergone a=20
>radiological treatment three days earlier," Giuliano said.
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>He added: "That's the type of technology we have that's going on in the=20
>background. You don't see it. If I hadn't told you about it, you'd never=
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>know it was there."
>
>Mitch Davis
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