USA TODAY: Airport full-body X-ray scanners underwent more than 700 inspections last year and passed all radiation tests, records show. The machines will be eliminated from U.S. airports by next month.
While the TSA and scanner-maker Rapiscan Systems say the reports offer additional proof of safety, some critics remain unconvinced. Regardless, the TSA is in the final phases of removing the last of Rapiscan’s backscatter scanners from airport checkpoints by June. Full-body scanners using a different technology that does not involve ionizing radiation, called millimeter wave, will remain in use to screen passengers.
“We’re very pleased with the results of the latest batch of inspection reports,” said Peter Kant, Rapiscan’s executive vice president. “It’s yet another set of test results that show the systems are operating exactly as we said they would, that they are well below safety limits.”… (more)
