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The Motley Fool March 21, 2011 Rich Smith	Where Have All the Robots Gone? Why are human workers being exposed to radiation to cope with the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex? We saw how useful robots can be during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and we should prepare to use them at nuclear plants in the future.
National Defense December 2011 Eric Beidel	Small Device Alerts Users to Nuclear Threats FLIR Systems Inc. has developed the nanoRaider, which is the size of a pager and can accurately identify even the most shielded of radioactive sources, they say.
Fast Company Miles Kohrman	A Drone Takes You Inside The Ghost Town Abandoned After The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Earlier this week, HEXaMedia, a Tokyo-based company specializing in multicopter aerial video and photography, released a seven-minute video with drone footage of the area.
National Defense January 2014 Valerie Insinna	New Technologies Boost Radiation Detector Effectiveness As the neutron-detecting material Helium 3 grows ever more expensive and scarce, companies that make radiation detectors are looking for alternatives offering better performance at a comparable price.
CIO July 15, 2002 Daintry Duffy	The Real Risks of Flying More sensitive metal detectors and random security checks don't address the medical risks of flying -- from stress symptoms and dehydration to more serious maladies like blood clots and radiation exposure.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008 John McHale	Cell Phone Sensors Detect Radiation to Thwart Nuclear Terrorism Researchers are engineering cell phones that help detect potential terrorist threats such as radiological "dirty bombs" and nuclear weapons.
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson	Bad News All Around for DHS Cargo Technology Programs The Department of Homeland Security's advanced radiation detection portal monitor program continues to struggle.
National Defense November 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Nuclear Detectors Tested in Nevada Desert The newly formed Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) inherited the project, dedicated to stopping a nuclear attack on U.S. soil, from the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Chemistry World January 25, 2013 Rebecca Brodie	Reassessing the health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident While the Japanese tsunami of March 2011 was devastating in its own right, the long term health consequences because of the damage to the nuclear reactor at Fukushima Daiichi are also of serious concern.
IEEE Spectrum November 2011 Prachi Patel	Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima A comparison of three nuclear reactor calamities reveals some key differences
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2005 John McHale	DHS turns to high tech to control borders Border agents cannot possibly check every car or every traveler. So U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials are relying on new technologies -- such as those noted here -- to tighten the country's borders.
IEEE Spectrum September 2011 Ritchie S. King	How 5 Security Technologies Fared After 9/11 Developed, deployed, and sometimes deep sixed
The Motley Fool March 29, 2011 Shubh Datta	One American Industry Getting Squeezed by Japan's Earthquake As a gateway to Asia, Japan ranks among the most important hubs for certain U.S. airlines. However, the Japanese crisis appears to have 'broken' that link, exposing the airline industry's latest vulnerability.
Wired November 2002 Steven Johnson	Stopping Loose Nukes Prevention is a game of odds, not certainty. Is an "atomic wall" of sophisticated sensors the answer to protecting population centers from terrorist attack by bioweapon or dirty bomb?
Wired October 23, 2007 Michael Levi	In the Search for Loose Nukes, a Little Propaganda Goes a Long Way Strategic communication misleads terrorists into believing that nuclear attempts are futile.
Health April 28, 2008 Curt Pesmen	X-Rays, Bone Scans...Could That Radiation Be Harmful to Your Health? How much radiation is too much? Scientists are still figuring that out -- and they tend to disagree about the risks.
National Defense November 2005 Harold Kenneddy	U.S. Customs Goes High-Tech for Cargo Security The gritty docks along the Dundalk Marine Terminal, in Maryland's Port of Baltimore, are among the last lines of defense in the multi-layered, global effort by the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arm to intercept illegal cargo.
Chemistry World March 5, 2013 Ned Stafford	Fukushima disaster predicted to raise cancer rates slightly Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster will put people living nearest to the nuclear power plant at a slightly elevated risk of cancer in the coming years.
Chemistry World March 17, 2011 Ned Stafford	Uncertainty for nuclear power Political fallout from the Japanese disaster has spread to Europe and will no doubt have a lasting impact on nuclear power policy and research funding.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005 John McHale	Thermo releases monitoring system for nuclear plants ViewPoint, a remote monitoring software platform, provides real-time personnel and area monitoring during routine and outage operations in the nuclear power industry.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2011 David Meier	Foolish FAQ: The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis A nuclear expert sheds light on Japan's failing reactor.
National Defense September 2011 Stew Magnuson	Radiation Detection Portal Program Comes to an End One of the Department of Homeland Security's most troubled technology development programs came to an end in July, when the Advanced Spectrographic Portals, which were designed to ferret out nuclear material at ports, was terminated.
National Defense September 2009 Katie Breitbach	International Gateway Airports Proposed for Small Aircraft Three Department of Homeland Security agencies are collaborating on a proposal to have small aircraft entering the United States land at so-called "gateway airports" so they can be inspected before traveling to large cities.
National Defense March 2010 Stew Magnuson	Airlines Collecting Exit Data from Travelers Still Possible, DHS Official Says A controversial plan to have airlines collect biometric data from foreign passengers leaving the United States is still a possibility, a Department of Homeland Security official said.
Popular Mechanics March 18, 2008 Erik Sofge	Homeland Adds On-the-Go Radioactive Hunter to Garage A modified Chevy Suburban XL that can detect the presence of radioactive material was delivered to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by Raytheon last month.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009	Nuclear Event Detector From C-MAC Helps with Design of Rad-Hard Electronics C-MAC is introducing a low-power nuclear event detector (NED) that detects a pulse from an ionizing radiation event, such as from space radiation.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005 John McHale	Aircraft countermeasure, Coast Guard DeepWater see big budget increases The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Fiscal Year 2006 budget request has significant increases for commercial aircraft countermeasures technology and the U.S. Coast Guard Integrated Deepwater System program.
National Defense October 2014 Stew Magnuson	Johnson Latest DHS Secretary to Waive 100 Percent Cargo Screening Mandate Despite a long string of secretaries and Customs and Border Protection commissioners speaking out against the practicality of the law, some members of Congress are still pushing DHS to fulfill the mandate.
Chemistry World July 5, 2012 Rebecca Trager	US vulnerable to a shortage of critical isotopes Significant weaknesses in how the US Department of Energy manages its isotope program could leave the country vulnerable to surprise shortages, an investigation launched by legislators a year ago concludes.
National Defense June 2004 Harold Kennedy	DHS Technology Budget To Exceed $1B in 2005 An array of emerging technologies is the key to defending the United States from its enemies, according to Charles E. McQueary, undersecretary of homeland security for science and technology.
National Defense November 2009 Wright & Magnuson	Government Ignores Cargo Scanning Law, Port Operator Says The Department of Homeland Security is ignoring a law that calls on it to monitor, by 2012, every container that enters a U.S. port, an executive at one of the world's leading port-operating companies charged.
AskMen.com	Your Routine Radiation Dose The radiation risk from a single CT, or computed tomography, to an individual is small, but some doctors are worried about the buildup over time.
The Motley Fool March 22, 2011 Morgan Housel	What Investors Might Learn From Nuclear Panic Regardless of how Japan's nuclear accident unfolds, one thing is clear: It's already inflicted mass damage on the psyche and markets of most of the developed world.
National Defense January 2008 Stew Magnuson	DHS Pressing On With Troubled Technology Programs Whether it is program delays, public uproars over its policies, court challenges or accusations of mismanagement, nothing ever seems to go smoothly for DHS. Many of these controversial programs involve the development of new technologies.
National Defense April 2009	Border Security The U.S. has limited ability to prevent dangerous materials from reaching the shores.
National Defense September 2012 Stew Magnuson	DHS' Nuclear Detection Efforts Continue on Smaller Scale The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office could never get the technology to work well enough, and estimated costs to deploy the portals swelled, so after six years with nothing to show for the millions spent, the ax fell.
Popular Mechanics October 11, 2006 Alex Hutchinson	Nuke Watch: How Scientists Sniffed Out N. Korea This timely exclusive looks at nuclear detection technology and finds out just how tough it is to hide a weapons blast.
Chemistry World April 13, 2011 Hepeng Jia	Full steam ahead for China's nuclear development As the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan escalates and continues to be the cause of worldwide concern, China is unlikely to stop its ambitious plan to expand its nuclear industry.
Geotimes April 2007 Sally Adee	IAEA Updates Radiation Warning Symbol The International Atomic Energy Agency unveiled its new design of the international symbol for radiation. Dozens of accidental exposures to radiation motivated this change.
National Defense June 2011 Stew Magnuson	DHS Program Gives Hazardous Materials Teams Networked Sensors The integrated chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive program developed a set of standards that allows these sensors to transmit data directly back to a higher headquarters where others can sort through the findings on a common operating picture.
National Defense August 2006 Robert H. Williams	Mini Device Pinpoints Nuclear Threats A pager-sized device that has been introduced by Thermo Electron not only detects and identifies specific nuclear threats, but also transmits this information in real time to command centers.
BusinessWeek March 24, 2011 Steve Featherstone	The Future of Fukushima Prefecture In the best case, hundreds of thousands of evacuees will spend months away from home.
Chemistry World August 16, 2007 John Bonner	Chernobyl Fallout Impaired Mental Development of Swedish Infants A study finds that radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster impaired the mental development of Swedish children that were still in the womb at the time of the incident. The findings suggest that infants are endangered by radiation exposure at levels previously thought to be safe.
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Inc. September 1, 2009 Frank Stockton	My Story: Andrew Gross of Radiation Technical Services How Andrew Gross built Radiation Technical Services, a company that contracts environmental cleanups, twice.
Science News July 8, 2006	Science Safari: Visiting RadTown The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched an interactive Web site that uses an animated town to provide basic information on radiation in the environment.
National Defense June 2008 Stew Magnuson	Public Still in the Dark When it Comes to Dirty Bomb Threat The federal government has come up short in public information campaigns to educate the public on what to do in the event of a radiation attack
Chemistry World November 26, 2007 Tom Westgate	Scientists Win Cash to Develop Plastic x-Ray Detectors UK scientists have shown for the first time that polymers could compete with silicon for detecting x-ray radiation. Now, a funding boost gives the researchers the chance to work with industry and bring the technology closer to market.