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Smart Sensors

Optically Stimulated Luminescence-based radiation detectors developed by researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, can be used to detect special nuclear materials being smuggled into the country via sea containers. Also known as smart sensors, these battery-operated detectors are strategically located inside sea containers and information is collected via wireless personal digital assistants.

 

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Uploaded on June 17, 2009
Taken on June 17, 2009