»»TSA Commenting on News About Its Technology for Radiation
TSA took the time to comment on news stories appeared this week claiming that TSA was buying equipment to test for radiation exposure.
Truth is, according to TSA, they put out an Requests for Information (RFI) to gather information on available tools to continue to monitor their technologies. This is simply designed to ask industry what new technology might be available.
TSA adds:
“TSA routinely monitors radiation levels to ensure the safety of both passengers and our workforce. We’ve never found any radiation concerns and the safety reports can be accessed publicly at TSA.gov. [...] Based on all of our previous testing, as well as monitoring from independent sources, we’re confident that all of our equipment meets national safety standards, and is safe for all passengers and our workforce. [...] All tests so far, have shown they are well within the national safety standards and each scan is equivalent to the exposure one receives during approximately 2 min of flight”.
