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Evaluating Testing, Costs, and Benefits of Advanced Spectroscopic Portals for Screening Cargo at Ports of Entry Interim Report (Abbreviated Version) (2009) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A: The Joint Explanatory Statement and the Statement of Task
Pages 57-57

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... Working with the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, the National Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences, developed the following statement of task for this effort. The chairman of the National Research Council will appoint a committee of experts to perform tasks addressing the Secretary of Homeland Security's requirements for certification of advanced spectroscopic portals (ASPs)
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  • scientific rigor
  • domestic nuclear
  • nuclear detection
  • validate testing
  • provide support

  • procurement process
  • allow dndo
  • operating arm
  • help validate
  • following statement

  • testing completed
  • detection office
  • spectroscopic portals
  • sufficient resources
  • secondary screening

  • advanced spectroscopic
  • research council
  • national academy
  • national research
  • provide sufficient

  • future testing
  • perform tasks
  • past testing
  • primary screening
  • performance tests

  • certification decisions
  • analysis approach
  • bring robustness
  • tasks addressing
  • appropriations appreciate


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