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Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation
Complex (Rad/NucCTEC)
The Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Complex
(Rad/NucCTEC) will allow crucial security research to prevent
radiological or nuclear materials that could be used as dirty bombs,
from entering the country. The evaluation of radiation sensors and
detection systems are a few of the activities the complex will support.
The Department of Homeland Security has provided funding to construct
the complex at the Nevada Test Site.
The complex will consist of testing venues including: replicas of
primary and secondary inspection stations at a U.S. land border
crossing; a testing facility to validate performance of systems in
extreme environmental conditions; a high-speed roadway to evaluate the
effectiveness of radiation sensors against vehicles carrying radiation
sources moving at freeway speeds; an “active interrogation” facility
which allows the evaluation of the latest detection technologies that
have the capacity to intrusively interrogate trucks and/or shipping
containers; and a sensor track to perform source passes at calibrated
speeds.
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