Controlled X-Ray for Security Inspection

A researcher at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has developed a pulsed X-ray system for fast, high-throughput, unambiguous identification of materials in moving containers. This method uses X-ray pulses with controllable intra-pulse energy distribution to detect container contents such as explosives, nuclear materials or drugs. The mode and apparatus allows flexibility to make different scenarios of inspection in a range of checkpoint locations.