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INSPECCION NO INTRUSIVA [2 records]

Record 1 2013-06-13

English

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

The use of devices that lessen the physical invasiveness of searches.

Key term(s)
  • nonintrusive inspection

French

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

Utilisation d'appareils qui réduisent le temps et l'encombrement des inspections.

CONT

Le directeur général de Varian Industrial Products [...] précise que «l'objectif de l'inspection non intrusive est de voir l'intérieur d'un conteneur assez clairement pour prendre une décision sur son contenu.»

Spanish

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

En palabras [del] director general de Varian Industrial Products, "el objetivo de la inspección no intrusiva es captar imágenes del contenido de un contenedor de carga con suficiente claridad como para tomar una decisión con respecto a dicho contenido".

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Record 2 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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