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  • Radioactive Container / Cargo Security Inspection Devices Inadvertently Shipped to Saudi Arabia

    11/08/2002 6:05:22 AM PST · by LurkedLongEnough · 250+ views
    SAIC [Science Applications International Corp.] sold two Mobile VACIS trucks to the Department of the Army-SECOM. The Mobile Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System (VACIS) is a truck-mounted gamma-ray imaging system designed to non-intrusively inspect the contents of trucks, containers, cargo and passenger vehicles for explosive devices and/or contraband. Each Mobile VACIS truck contains one 1.6 Ci Cs-137 sealed source. The trucks were to be shipped first, then the Cs-137 sealed sources were to be shipped later. However on September 30, 2002, the trucks were shipped with the sealed sources inside by mistake without the proper DOT paperwork and marking/labeling. This...