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U.S. Customs and Border Protection begins monitoring airline and maritime traffic from Japan for radiation contamination ?out of an abundance of cauti

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Radiation on O’Hare flights deemed no threat

By Julie Johnsson
Posted yesterday at 3:53 p.m.

Federal officials found traces of radiation on United and American airlines jets that arrived at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport from Tokyo Wednesday, but later determined that the planes’ cargo and passengers were not at risk.

As concerns mount about the radiation spewing into the atmosphere from Japan’s crippled nuclear reactors, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it had begun monitoring airline and maritime traffic for radiation contamination “out of an abundance of caution.”

Mayor Richard Daley acknowledged Thursday that inbound flights from Tokyo had set off radiation detectors at O’Hare, but he offered no details and said federal officials will be handling the situation.

“Of course the protection of the person coming off the plane is very important in regards to any radiation, especially within their families and anything else,” Daley said at a news conference to discuss his trip to China this week.

Customs officials detected trace elements of radiation on cargo containers on two flights that landed at O’Hare from Tokyo’s Narita International Airport, Wednesday, and an additional flight operated by American Airlines into Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport.

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Re: U.S. Customs and Border Protection begins monitoring airline and maritime traffic from Japan for radiation contamination ?out of an abundance of caution.?

CBP Statement Concerning Radiation Monitoring of Travelers, Goods from Japan
(Thursday, March 17, 2011)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is monitoring developments in Japan carefully and is specifically assessing the potential for radiological contamination associated with the ongoing impact of the earthquake and tsunami to Japan?s nuclear facilities.

Out of an abundance of caution, CBP has issued field guidance reiterating its operational protocols and directing field personnel to specifically monitor maritime and air traffic from Japan.

No aircraft entering the United States has tested positive for radiation at harmful levels. To address radiological and nuclear risks, CBP employs several types of radiation detection equipment in its operations at both air and sea ports, and uses this equipment, along with specific operational protocols, to resolve any security or safety risks that are identified with inbound travelers and cargo.

In the air environment, CBP frontline personnel are equipped with Personal Radiation Detectors (PRDs) that can detect the presence of radiological materials, and all airports have more sensitive Radiation Isotope Identification Devices (RIIDs) to determine both the presence and type of radiation encountered.

Travelers who manifest signs of radiation sickness are referred to health authorities and provided appropriate treatment.

At seaports, and in its international mail and express consignment facilities, CBP continues to use sensitive, large-scale Radiation Portal Monitors (RPM) and scans all maritime cargo and express consignment and mail arriving from Japan.

CBP maintains similar protocols for identifying and resolving radiation alarms in these operations and will deny entry to contaminated cargo and mail.

CBP will continue to evaluate the potential risks posed by radiation contamination on inbound travelers and cargo and will adjust its detection and response protocols, in coordination with its interagency partners, as developments warrant.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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