Airport Passenger Screening Using Millimeter Wave Machines

The Transportation Security Administration requested a study by the National Research Council (NRC) to establish the Committee on Airport Passenger Screening: Millimeter Wave Machines to evaluate two models of active millimeter wave scanners: the L3 ProVision 1 and L3 ProVision 2.Airport Passenger Screening Using Millimeter Wave Machines provides findings and recommendations on compliance with applicable health and safety guidelinesand appropriateness of system design and procedures for preventing over exposure. This study addresses the issue of whether millimeter wave machines used at airports comply with existing guidelines and whether it would be possible for anything to go wrong with the machines so that, by mistake, it exposes a person to more than 10 W/m2.Table of ContentsFront MatterSummary1 Introduction2 Millimeter Wave Advanced Imaging Technology3 Radiation Protection Standards4 Review of Previous Studies of Millimeter Wave AIT5 Personal Implants and Medical Devices6 Committee-Led Measurements of Advanced Imaging Technology Millimeter Wave Scanners at U.S. Airports7 ProVision System Design and Exposure Risk8 All Conclusions and RecommendationsAppendixesAppendix A: Statement of TaskAppendix B: Glossary, Acronyms, and AbbreviationsAppendix C: Radiation Physics Relevant to Advanced Imaging TechnologyAppendix D: Millimeter Wave Advanced Imaging Technology: Passive SystemsAppendix E: L-3 Failure Modes and Effects Analysis DocumentAppendix F: Additional Airport DataAppendix G: Uncertainty AnalysisAppendix H: Biographies of Committee Members and Contractors