Author: Committee on Assessment of Security Technologies f
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: identification, concealed, explosives, weapons, detection, technology, millimeter, wave, terahertz, assessment
Number of Pages: 88
Published: 2007-03-09
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0309104696
ISBN-13: 9780309104692
The security of the U.S. commercial aviation system has been a growing concern since the 1970’s when the hijacking of aircraft became a serious problem. Over that period, federal aviation officials have been searching for more effective ways for non-invasive screening of passengers, luggage, and cargo to detect concealed explosives and weapons. To assist in this effort, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) asked the NRC for a study of emerging screening technologies. This report - the third of four - focuses on currently maturing millimeter-wavelength/terahertz imaging and sp
Author: Committee on Assessment of Security Technologies f
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: security, airport, improve, system, fusion, data
Number of Pages: 82
Published: 2007-11-19
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0309107482
ISBN-13: 9780309107488
The security of the U.S. commercial aviation system has been a growing concern since the 1970’s when the hijacking of aircraft became a serious problem. Over that period, federal aviation officials have been searching for more effective ways for non-invasive screening of passengers, luggage, and cargo to detect concealed explosives and weapons. To assist in this effort, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) asked the NRC for a study of emerging screening technologies. This book - the fourth of four - focuses on data fusion as a means to significantly improve the ability of the
Author: Committee on the Safety and Security of Commercial
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: storage, public, report, fuel, nuclear, security, commercial, spent, safety
Number of Pages: 106
Published: 2006-01-27
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0309096472
ISBN-13: 9780309096478
In response to a request from Congress, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Homeland Security sponsored a National Academies study to assess the safety and security risks of spent nuclear fuel stored in cooling pools and dry casks at commercial nuclear power plants. The information provided in this book examines the risks of terrorist attacks using these materials for a radiological dispersal device. "Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel" is an unclassified public summary of a more detailed classified book. The book finds that successful terrorist attacks on
Author: Committee on Laboratory Security and Personnel Rel
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: agents, toxins, select, biological, research, responsible
Number of Pages: 188
Published: 2010-01-12
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 030914535X
ISBN-13: 9780309145350
The effort to understand and combat infectious diseases has, during the centuries, produced many key advances in science and medicine--including the development of vaccines, drugs, and other treatments. A subset of this research is conducted with agents that, like anthrax, not only pose a severe threat to the health of humans, plants, and animals but can also be used for ill-intended purposes. Such agents have been listed by the government as biological select agents and toxins. The 2001 anthrax letter attacks prompted the creation of new regulations aimed at increasing security for research w
Author: Committee on International Security and Arms Contr
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: policy, weapons, nuclear, future
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 1997-06-13
List price: $19.00
ISBN-10: 0309063671
ISBN-13: 9780309063678
Clean, tight book. Topics range from Why change US nuclear weapons policy to the prohibition of nuclear weapons. Appendices. 110pp.
Author: Committee on International Security and Arms Contr
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: issues, background, control, nuclear
Number of Pages: 378
Published: 1985-01-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0309034914
ISBN-13: 9780309034913
This nontechnical overview of developments in nuclear arms control describes how the United States and the Soviet Union arrived at their present positions - and where they might go from here. According to Foreign Affairs, "This book is proof that the complexities of arms control can be successfully explained in a nontechnical, and even more importantly, nonpartisan manner...It presents the key issues in a clear, thorough, and remarkably up-to-date way...Strongly recommended as a primary source for classroom and public discussions."
Author: Committee on Social Security Cardiovascular Disabi
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: security, listings, social, updating, disability, cardiovascular
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2010-11-04
List price: $62.25
ISBN-10: 030915698X
ISBN-13: 9780309156981
Book DescriptionThe Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a screening tool called the Listing of Impairments to identify claimants who are so severely impaired that they cannot work at all and thus immediately qualify for benefits. In this report, the IOM makes several recommendations for improving SSA’s capacity to determine disability benefits more quickly and efficiently using the Listings.
