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Trucks on x-ray

02.02.2008

When imported into the countries of the European Union, goods are subjected to serious inspection. And for good reason: in 2006 they "caught" 60 tons of drugs, six million counterfeit goods with brands of well-known companies and 235 blocks of cigarettes.

Examining the contents of a heavy-duty car trailer can take a full day at customs. To speed up the process of inspecting trucks and eliminate queues at the borders, European customs officers have begun using a mobile X-ray scanner manufactured in England.

The equipment, mounted in a small van, can "pierce" a steel wall up to 28 centimeters thick with x-rays. But when transilluminating ordinary, unarmored trucks, radiation doses are used that are less than those that the patient receives during fluorography. The picture is immediately processed by a computer, showing different materials inside the truck in different colors.

Up to 25 trailers are scanned per hour, and it is not necessary to do this at the border, the scanner can drive around the roads and conduct random checks.

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