MEGAPORTS ANTWERP

摘要

Nuclear inspections at seap seaports are a relatively new phenomenon. In the Port oforts Antwerp, a nuclear inspection sy system is being installed and is already partly in use. Itstem uses plastic scintillators as a primary porta portal. This has an important effect on the wayl. nuclear inspections are performed. The paper presents the results of a radiological studywith a plastic scintillator in the Port of Antwerp in 2006. This is followed by a generaloverview of the Megaports in inspections in Antwerp during 2007. spections Furthermore, a tool isdiscussed that can facilitate the task of re recognizing a source sm cognizing smuggled in naturallyuggled occurring radioactive material (NORM). In general, nucle nuclear inspections should bear designed to make NORM identi identification reliable, ea fication easy and straightforward. This way thesy focus of the inspections shifts towards the few exceptional or suspect alarms that occurduring inspections, rather than to the identi identification of an alarm fication as being caused byNORM. Of course, smuggling with NORM as a shielding material has to be taken intoaccount.