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The420Guy
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EL PASO - A new type of detector that can identify the chemical
composition of loads inside trucks and alert inspectors to
suspicious materials will be in place next summer at a southeast El
Paso international bridge.
"It's an exciting concept," said P.T. Wright, operations chief for
the U.S. Customs Service in El Paso. "For 5,000 years, customs
inspectors had to see it, touch it and feel it, but this enables
them to inspect something without ever having to open a container."
El Paso is the only city along the U.S.-Mexico border that will test
the system. After a six-month, $15 million trial is complete, the
system's success will be evaluated and Congress will decide whether
to continue funding the program.
Unlike the existing X-ray systems, which only indicate whether a
container is empty or has a load, the new technology uses gamma
rays, subatomic particles, that can read the chemical composition of
its contents.
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Pubdate: Wed, 20 Nov 2002
Source: Dallas Morning News (TX)
Copyright: 2002 The Dallas Morning News
Details: MapInc
composition of loads inside trucks and alert inspectors to
suspicious materials will be in place next summer at a southeast El
Paso international bridge.
"It's an exciting concept," said P.T. Wright, operations chief for
the U.S. Customs Service in El Paso. "For 5,000 years, customs
inspectors had to see it, touch it and feel it, but this enables
them to inspect something without ever having to open a container."
El Paso is the only city along the U.S.-Mexico border that will test
the system. After a six-month, $15 million trial is complete, the
system's success will be evaluated and Congress will decide whether
to continue funding the program.
Unlike the existing X-ray systems, which only indicate whether a
container is empty or has a load, the new technology uses gamma
rays, subatomic particles, that can read the chemical composition of
its contents.
[snip]
Pubdate: Wed, 20 Nov 2002
Source: Dallas Morning News (TX)
Copyright: 2002 The Dallas Morning News
Details: MapInc
