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  title info:
    title: Combating nuclear smuggling
    sub title: DHS improved testing of advanced radiation detection portal monitors, but preliminary results show limits of the new technology : report to congressional requesters
  title info:
    title: Combating nuclear smuggling
    sub title: Department of Homeland Security improved testing of advanced radiation detection portal monitors, but preliminary results show limits of the new technology
  title info:
    title: DHS improved testing of advanced radiation detection portal monitors, but preliminary results show limits of the new technology
  name:
    name part: United States
    name part: Government Accountability Office.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: ProQuest (Firm)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: dcu
    date issued: 2009
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: preservation
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) is testing new advanced spectroscopic portal (ASP) radiation detection monitors. DNDO expects ASPs to reduce both the risk of missed threats and the rate of innocent alarms, which DNDO considers to be key limitations of radiation detection equipment currently used by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at U.S. ports of entry. Congress has required that the Secretary of DHS certify that ASPs provide a significant increase in operational effectiveness before obligating funds for full-scale procurement. GAO was asked to review (1) the degree to which DHS's criteria for a significant increase in operational effectiveness address the limitations of existing radiation detection equipment, (2) the rigor of ASP testing and preliminary test results, and (3) the ASP test schedule. GAO reviewed the DHS criteria, analyzed test plans, and interviewed DHS officials. GAO recommends that DHS assess ASPs against the full potential of current equipment and revise the program schedule to allow time to conduct computer simulations of ASPs' capabilities and to uncover and resolve problems with ASPs before full-scale deployment.
  note: Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: United States.
      name part: Department of Homeland Security.
      name part: Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
    genre: Rules and practice
  subject:
    topic: Radioactive substances
    topic: Detection
    topic: Equipment and supplies
    topic: Testing
  subject:
    topic: Smuggling
    geographic: United States
    topic: Prevention
  subject:
    topic: Nuclear terrorism
    geographic: United States
    topic: Prevention
  subject:
    topic: Nuclear counters
    topic: Testing
  subject:
    topic: Radiation warning systems
  classification: GA 1.13:GAO-09-655
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Combating nuclear smuggling
    name:
      name part: United States. Government Accountability Office.
    identifier: (OCoLC)416841440
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Combating nuclear smuggling
    name:
      name part: United States. Government Accountability Office.
    origin info:
      publisher: [Bethesda, Md.] : ProQuest,[2004]
    identifier: CIS 2009 J942-492
    identifier: (ProQuest)cis200902583
  related item:
    title info:
      title: U.S. Congressional Research
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  record info:
    record content source: ProQuest
    record creation date: 110210
    record change date: 20260605160012.5
    record identifier: in00003350002