VeriTainer will test nuclear detector on Oakland crane

VeriTainer will test nuclear detector on Oakland crane    VeriTainer Corp. said it will begin testing a radiation detector mounted on a container crane spreader at the Port of Oakland starting in January.
   The 60-day test will be held in cooperation with SSAT and the Matson Navigation Co. at the Charles P. Howard marine terminal.
   It will utilize VeriTainer’s “VeriSpreader” scanning technology, which moves over container cargo in about one minute as it scans for potentially dangerous radiation that may be hidden in cargo containers.
   The company said federal, state and local agencies will monitor the test.
   The company said a similar test was conducted by VeriTainer this fall at another Oakland terminal on a smaller scale. During that test 6,529 containers were scanned, and each scan took less than 100 seconds.