PINS Measurements of Explosive Simulants for Cargo Screening

E.H. Seabury

关键词: AIR;    CARGO;    DETECTION;    EXPLOSIVES;    NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY;    SECURITY;    VALIDATION active interrogation;    pgnaa;   

DOI  :  10.2172/946850
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-08-14053
PID  :  OSTI ID: 946850
Others  :  TRN: US200904%%455

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

As part of its efforts to prevent the introduction of explosive threats on commercial flights, the Transportation Security Administration (TSL) is evaluating new explosives detection systems (EDSs) for use in air cargo inspection. The TSL has contracted Battelle to develop a new type of explosives simulant to assist in this development. These are designed to mimic the elemental profile (C, H, N, O, etc.) of explosives as well as their densities. Several “neutron in—gamma out” (n,?) techniques have been considered to quantify the elemental profile in these new simulants and the respective explosives. The method chosen by Battelle is Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy (PINS), developed by Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Battelle wishes to validate that the simulants behave like the explosive threats with this technology. The results of the validation measurements are presented in this report.