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Fig. 1: IMRicS
Installation
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The
Department of
Energy
(DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is currently prototype
testing state-of-the-art sensor technologies associated with detection
of radiological materials in commerce.
These technologies are deployed at an Evaluation User Facility at the
I-40/I-75 Weigh
and Inspection Station in Knoxville, TN. This real-world testing
addresses radiological and nuclear
material detection in commerce and is part of a larger program entitled
Performance-Based 21st
Century Commercial Vehicle Inspection System, which is an Integrated
Safety and Enforcement
System for the 21st Century with Homeland Security Benefits.
The
initial deployment of the Commercial Vehicle Radiological System Module
in Tennessee is
unique in that it is the first system, of its kind, to be installed at
Weigh and Inspection Stations
under the auspices of State safety and law enforcement entities. This
safety and security initiative
serves the security, safety and enforcement needs of local, state and
federal government entities and
utilizes the respective state’s existing weigh and inspection
infrastructure. The weigh and inspection
infrastructure is a recognized and accepted infrastructure by the
commercial carrier industry, and
thus the deployment of the Commercial Vehicle Radiological System
Module will have a negligible
impact on interstate commerce. Safety Monitoring includes drivers,
vehicles and cargo addressing
safety of shipments in transport, identification of unsafe vehicles and
carriers, and monitoring of
domestic and foreign commercial vehicles (as it relates to North
American Free Trade Agreement
[NAFTA]). Enforcement opportunities address cargo safety, tracking,
placarding, motor carrier
safety regulations, hazardous materials regulations, and over dimension
and over weight
commercial vehicles. Homeland Security Applications address
Radiological Dispersal Device
(RDD - "Dirty Bomb") identification, identification of unsafe or
illicit transport of hazardous
materials including chemicals and radiological materials, food safety
and screening for shipments of
illicit drugs.
Fig. 2: IMRicS
Installation
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The
overall goal of
this
project is to continuously improve commercial truck and bus, safety and
security, through the application of state-of-the-art technologies to
driver, vehicle, and cargo
inspections. The prototype system is assisting enforcement officers to
perform their job more
effectively and efficiently, enhance homeland security monitoring of
highway transport and thereby
create a National Performance Based Infrastructure for Commercial
Vehicle Inspection for the 21st
century.
Implementing
and expanding the Commercial Vehicle Radiological System Module as a
module of
an Integrated Safety and Enforcement System for the 21st century will
result in the Identification
and Monitoring of Radiological (in commerce) Shipments (IMRicS) and
will continue to benefit
both state and federal authorities under the auspices of State safety
and law enforcement entities.
- Miller, Tim. "ORNL
Testing Two Types
of Radioactive Detection Systems" Retrieved February 25,
2005
from http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=2988081
- Walker,
RM, Abercrombie, RK, and Batsell, SG 2004. "Identification and
Monitoring of Radiation (in
commerce) Shipments (IMRicS) Module of the Integrated Safety and
Security Enforcement and Interdiction System (ISSEIS)," Ft.
Bragg/SensorNet Capabilities Workshop, Oak Ridge, TN USA, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, 01/12/2004
(PDF).
- Abercrombie,
RK and RM Walker 2004.
"Commercial Vehicle Radiological System Module of an Integrated Safety
and Enforcement System for the 21st Century with Homeland Security
Benefits," 44th INMM Annual
Meeting, Phoenix, AZ USA, Institute of
Nuclear Materials Management, 07/13/2003-07/17/2003
(PDF).
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