Detection of radioactive materials at borders

COVER......Page 1
FOREWORD......Page 3
EDITORIAL NOTE......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
1.2. Background......Page 7
1.3. Incidence of illicit trafficking and inadvertent movement of radioactive materials......Page 8
1.4. Scope......Page 9
3. STRATEGIC EVALUATION OF THE NEED FOR BORDER MONITORING......Page 10
4.1. Introduction......Page 11
4.3. Purpose of instruments......Page 12
4.4. Pocket-type instruments......Page 14
4.5. Hand-held instruments......Page 16
4.6. Fixed, installed instruments......Page 18
5.2. Determination of an instrument alarm threshold......Page 21
6.1. Types of alarm......Page 23
6.2. Alarm verification by monitoring......Page 24
7. RADIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND RESPONSE LEVELS......Page 25
8.1. General search preparation......Page 26
8.4. Motor vehicle search......Page 27
9.2. Radionuclide identification devices......Page 29
9.3. Performance characteristics for radionuclide identification......Page 30
9.4. Practical considerations when selecting an instrument......Page 31
A.I.1. Causes of innocent alarms......Page 33
A.I.2. Radioactive materials involved in incidents reported to the IAEA database......Page 34
Annex II - FLOWCHART SHOWING THE PROCESS LEADING TO DETECTION OF INADVERTENT MOVEMENT OR ILLICIT TRAFFICKING......Page 37
REFERENCES......Page 39
GLOSSARY......Page 41
CONTRIBUTORS TO DRAFTING AND REVIEW......Page 43