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ChairmanAgnostic

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Mon Nov-22-10 08:14 AM
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20. and that assumes that the machines are properly

calibrated and adjusted. The radiation levels vary over time, unless the machine is tested and adjusted each day. Even then, there is variability. These things are not plug and play. They may look modern and sleek from the outside, but they are finicky bastards. Radiation centers that use comparable levels are required to have a full time physicist on staff, checking the output, calibrating, adjusting, and testing. I cannot imagine the TSA doing that.

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