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NONINTRUSIVE INSPECTION TECHNOLOGY [1 record]

Record 1 2013-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Security
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

CBP [Customs and Border Protection]'s strategy to secure and facilitate U.S.-bound cargo is built on five interrelated and mutually reinforcing initiatives... 3. The use of sophisticated detection technology at ports of entry: Using non-intrusive inspection technology and radiation detection devices to inspect high-risk containers arriving at U.S. ports of entry.

OBS

Examples of NII technology devices are X-ray devices that save time when scanning, and radiation detection devices that detect the proximity of radioactive material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

Le recours à une technologie d'inspection non intrusive est l'un des éléments clés que l'OMD [Organisation mondiale des douanes] recommande dans son Cadre de normes SAFE pour sécuriser et faciliter le commerce mondial.

OBS

Les appareils à rayons X qui permettent d'accélérer le processus d'inspection et le matériel de détection à radiation qui peut détecter la proximité des objets radioactifs en constituent quelques exemples d'appareils de technologie d'inspection non intrusive.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad nacional e internacional
  • Comercio exterior
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