Applications of Tagged Neutron Beams
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Why is there risk to sea-going containers?
• Containerized shipping is a major vulnerability, and the global econ-
omy depends upon it.
• Over 200 million cargo containers move between major seaports each
year.
• Some terrorist groups have stated that one of their goals is to destroy
U.S. economic interests.
e movement of each container is part of a transaction that can involve up
to 25 dierent parties: buyers, sellers, inland freighters and shipping lines,
middlemen (customs and cargo brokers, for example), nanciers, and govern-
ments. A single trade can generate 30–40 documents and each container can
carry cargo for several customers, thus multiplying the number of documents
still further.
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