CBP Installs Radiation Portal Monitors in Lake Charles
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[November 06, 2009]

CBP Installs Radiation Portal Monitors in Lake Charles

Nov 06, 2009 (DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- (Friday, October 16, 2009) Lake Charles, La. ' U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently unveiled the first radiation portal monitors at the Port of Lake Charles. These tools are designed to detect radiation found in materials used in radiological and nuclear devices that might be smuggled into the United States.



"RPMs are just one component in our layered defense. Intelligence analysis, a highly trained and dedicated workforce, and partnership with the trade community are also key elements to ensure port security," said Robert C. Gomez, CBP >click for hi-res A shipment of lumber is screened as it passes through the RPM at the Port of Lake Charles.

The portal monitors now in operation act as a receiving antenna to detect radiation sources. A radiation portal monitor is a detection device that provides CBP with a passive, non-intrusive means to screen trucks and other conveyances for the presence of nuclear and radiological materials.


These systems are capable of detecting radiation emanating from nuclear devices, dirty bombs, special nuclear materials, natural sources, and isotopes commonly used in medicine and industry. They are completely safe for anyone passing by them; they are passive "detectors" of radiation, not emitters of radiation.

Virginia Dabbs, CBP Public Affairs, Phone: (202) 369-5949Fax: (504) 670-2385 CBP Headquarters, Office of Public Affairs, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Room 3.4A, Washington, DC 20229 Phone:(202) 344-1780 or, (800) 826-1471Fax:(202) 344-1393

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