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Examples of Active Interrogation Systems

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In this chapter we briefly describe some of the prototype active interrogation systems that have reached a reasonable level of integration and testing readiness, and we summarize their performance. The focus is on the Nuclear Carwash system developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, but we also include the Pulsed Neutron Fast Analysis system developed by Rapiscan Systems, the advanced scanner developed by Passport Systems, and the prototype laser-based scanner based on inverse Compton scattering.

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Slaughter, D., Erickson, A.S., Jovanovic, I. (2018). Examples of Active Interrogation Systems. In: Jovanovic, I., Erickson, A. (eds) Active Interrogation in Nuclear Security. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74467-4_9

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