Opportunities to Improve Airport Passenger Screening with Mass Spectrometry
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A01=Committee on Assessment of Security Technologies for Transportation
A01=Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
A01=National Materials Advisory Board
A01=National Research Council
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Author_Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Author_National Materials Advisory Board
Author_National Research Council
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- ISBN 9780309092401
- Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 12 May 2004
- Publisher: National Academies Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Protection of the traveling public from terrorist threats involving explosives is a major goal of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). For 20 years, the TSA (and the Federal Aviation Administration before it) have been investing in technologies to meet that goal. To support that activity, the TSA has asked the NRC to assess a variety of technological opportunities for offering such protection. The NRC is approaching this assignment by issuing a series of reports on chosen technology applications. This is the first of that series and presents an assessment of mass spectrometry for enhanced trace detection (ETD) of chemicals contained in explosives. The report describes limitations of trace detection in general and the current technologies in particular. It then presents a discussion of the potential for mass spectrometry to improve EDT including challenges faced by such a system, recommendations for starting a program to take advantage of mass spectrometry, and recommendations for a phased implementation plan.
Committee on Assessment of Security Technologies for Transportation, National Research Council
