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Radiation safety of the photonuclear method for detecting hidden explosives in examining airline passengers’ luggage

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Abstract

The residual radioactivity remaining in airline passengers’ luggage after it is examined by the photonuclear method for detecting hidden explosives is estimated. It is shown that the probability of the luggage acquiring a dangerous dose of radioactivity during its examination is very low. This confirms the prospects for further development of this method.

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  1. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    L. Z. Dzhilavyan

  2. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. I. Karev

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Original Russian Text © L.Z. Dzhilavyan, A.I. Karev, 2011, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2011, Vol. 75, No. 11, pp. 1655–1659.

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Dzhilavyan, L.Z., Karev, A.I. Radiation safety of the photonuclear method for detecting hidden explosives in examining airline passengers’ luggage. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 75, 1557–1561 (2011). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873811040101

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