Radiation safety of the photonuclear method for detecting hidden explosives in examining airline passengers’ luggage

Radiation safety of the photonuclear method for detecting hidden explosives in examining airline passengers’ luggage

The residual radioactivity remaining in airline passengers’ luggage after it is examined by the photonuclear method for detecting hidden explosives is estimated. It is shown that the probability of the luggage acquiring a dangerous dose of radioactivity during its examination is very low. This confi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Physics 2011-11, Vol.75 (11), p.1557-1561
Hauptverfasser: Dzhilavyan, L. Z., Karev, A. I.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Air travel
Baggage
Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference “Nuclei-2009. Fundamental Problems and Applications of Nuclei Physics: from Nanotechnology to Space” (LIX International Meeting on Nuclear Spectroscopy and the Structure of Atomic Nuc
Commercial aircraft
Explosives
Explosives detection
Hadrons
Heavy Ions
Nuclear Physics
Passenger aircraft
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Radioactivity
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Zusammenfassung:The residual radioactivity remaining in airline passengers’ luggage after it is examined by the photonuclear method for detecting hidden explosives is estimated. It is shown that the probability of the luggage acquiring a dangerous dose of radioactivity during its examination is very low. This confirms the prospects for further development of this method.
ISSN:1062-8738
1934-9432
DOI:10.3103/S1062873811040101