The US based National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA) announced on Tuesday that US
radiation detection technology is now in operation at the Port of Kingston.
The U.S. agency, a semiautonomous arm of the Energy Department, installed the equipment at the Kingston Wharves Terminal to scan import or export cargo for possible nuclear or radiological weapons material.
Additional detectors are scheduled for deployment next year at the port's similarly high volume Kingston Container Terminal.
Jamaican customs personnel are set to operate the detectors and deal with alarms, according to a press release.
In a release the NNSA Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator Ken Baker said the successful start of the operations at the Port of Kingston highlights the shared commitment of the United States and Jamaica to promoting nuclear security.
He said US President Barack Obama has made an unprecedented commitment to preventing the threat of nuclear terrorism.
The Megaports Initiative has fielded radiation detectors at 22 ports around the world, with efforts ongoing at another 20 sites.
The U.S. agency, a semiautonomous arm of the Energy Department, installed the equipment at the Kingston Wharves Terminal to scan import or export cargo for possible nuclear or radiological weapons material.
Additional detectors are scheduled for deployment next year at the port's similarly high volume Kingston Container Terminal.
Jamaican customs personnel are set to operate the detectors and deal with alarms, according to a press release.
In a release the NNSA Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator Ken Baker said the successful start of the operations at the Port of Kingston highlights the shared commitment of the United States and Jamaica to promoting nuclear security.
He said US President Barack Obama has made an unprecedented commitment to preventing the threat of nuclear terrorism.
The Megaports Initiative has fielded radiation detectors at 22 ports around the world, with efforts ongoing at another 20 sites.
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