http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/20/baby.airport.reut/index.html

Second close call. Shouldn't there be some sort of PIR detector that stops the
machine when it ingests grandsons and live pets ? (getting an X-ray of a live
fish smuggled in a plastic bag of water should be on the 'cool trophy' list of
the machine operators imho).

Also shouldn't there be an independent radiation monitor next to the (inside ?)
machine to monitor the machine in case it develops a fault and irradiates the
queue and the operators for 24-48 hours until something gives ? Like a permanent
survey meter set to alarm and mounted in/on the machine with no connection to
the machine ?

Aside: there exist X-ray bags for films. These are lead-lined cardboard bags. It
is obvious how they work. Question: Can one use such a bag to pass precious
films through a machine ? (assume one is in the civilized part of the world
where the assumption of terrorism centers on an explosive film canister as
ooposed to politically explosive pictures on the negatives)

Peter


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