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ICEFAT
Newsletter #1 |
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X-RAY RADIATION ”SAFE”
Increased security
levels at airports worldwide are making the question of how much
x-ray radiation valuable artworks can tolerate highly relevant.
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A questionnaire has been sent out to ICEFAT members, asking transporters
to find out what x-ray equipment is being used at their respective
airports. Unfortunately, a comprehensive list has proved difficult
to produce. Many security departments are reticent.
After ringing around to an airport security department, a transporter
and the Swedish State Radiation Protection Institute, it would seem,
however, that there is little to be concerned about, even with so-called
computer tomography, which exposes the object to the highest levels
of radiation for the longest period of time.
Generally goods are not subjected to computer tomography. This equipment
is primarily used for hand baggage.
The background radiation to which both people and cargo are subjected
during the flight is many times greater than the dose emitted by the
x-ray equipment.
In addition, according to the SSRPI, museums themselves use much stronger
radiation in their examination of artworks than that used by airports
in examining freight and luggage.
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