CBP to Update Rail Cargo Inspection Technology
CBP will use $46 million "to enhance the security and efficiency of rail cargo inspections," the agency said in a news release. "Under the initiative, CBP will replace aging rail scanning systems at twelve rail ports of entry on the…
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U.S. southern and northern land borders with high energy rail scanners," it said. "The new scanners use linear accelerators to generate X-rays from electricity rather than radioactive isotopes, producing high-quality images that support faster and more secure cargo inspections." The 12 locations "process approximately 60 percent of the rail cargo imported" into the U.S., it said.