gamma ray absorption densimeter

gamma survey-low range radiacmeter [ low range gamma survey radiac meter | low range gamma survey meter ]

gamma camera | gamma ray camera | scintillation camera | Anger camera

gamma ray snow-gauge

Other technologies, of varying efficacy in different situations, include the Vehicle and Cargo Inspection Systems (VACIS) machine (stationary gamma radiation equipment capable of scanning a container in five seconds), mobile/pallet gamma rays, radiation detection equipment, hand-held ion scans, remotely operated vehicles, tool trucks, and biological and chemical weapons detectors.

Canada Customs and Revenue Agency has begun using new technologies such as mobile/pallet gamma rays, scanning systems, radiation detection equipment, hand-held ion scans, remotely-operated vehicles, tool trucks, and biological and chemical weapons detectors in Montreal, Halifax and Vancouver.

In Hong Kong, you probably saw the radiation detectors and the gamma ray machines that look at the inside of containers.

(Return tabled) Question No. 240 Mr. Rahim Jaffer: With regard to ports of entry into Canada: (a) what are the standards used by all customs officers across Canada to determine a high-risk traveller or shipment, and what is the standard procedure as to what to do with such a traveller or shipment once it is determined to be high-risk; (b) under what standard procedure are customs officers expected to refer travellers to immigration officers, and is there any standard for immigration officers to notify customs officers as to the results of such referrals; if it is determined that a traveller should be referred to an Immigration officer and there is no immigration officer at that location, what is the standard procedure that a customs offic ...[+++]er should follow; (c) why are there no joint Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) evaluations planned to determine the effectiveness of customs officers and immigration officers at the border; (d) is there a standard for the sharing of data and intelligence between customs officers and immigration officers; (e) is there a standard referral procedure by which customs officers can clearly determine by which points should a traveller be referred to immigration officers; (f) is there an agreement between the CCRA and CIC that would provide for periodic evaluations to be performed jointly by CCRA and CIC to determine the effectiveness of their joint operations; (g) what percentage of the time does the Primary Automated Lookout System-Highway equipment correctly read licence plates of vehicles stopped at border crossing booths; (h) what facilities exist for examining commercial shipments at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor and where are they located in relation to the bridge customs site: (i) what is the standard procedure for ensuring that truck operators told to report to the facility actually arrive there; and (ii) under what circumstances would procedures dictate that a truck b ...