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Vulnerability Assessment Team (VAT)

Seals

Rapid Sampling from Sealed Containers

Rapid Sampling Video

Check our Multimedia Gallery for a video clip showing 3 of the tools (Models A, B1, and B2) being used to sample from containers. Note that the young woman demonstrating use of models B1 and B2 had no prior knowledge of the sampling tools. She received 2 minutes of instruction on how to use them prior to recording the video--thus demonstrating that very little practice or training is required!

Three of six sampling tools:

Report About These Sampling Tools - PDF file, from LANL Library website

Three of six sampling tools

Three of six sampling tools

Model B-SF

Model B-SF

Nearly flush w/container wall

Closeup of Model B1 sticking out of container wall.

Closeup of Model B1 sticking out of container wall.
To get a sample, you punture the interior yellow septum.

Closeup of Model B2 sticking out of container wall

Closeup of Model B2 sticking out of container wall

Contact:
Roger Johnston, Section Manager
National Security and Non-proliferation Department
Vulnerability Assessments Section
Fax:  +1 630-252-7323

VAT Resources

VAT PAPERS

For copies of the VAT papers and presentations on a wide variety of physical security issues (tags, seals, product counterfeiting, vulnerability assessments, RFIDs, GPS, nuclear safeguards), contact Roger Johnston at  

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Contact Info

Roger Johnston, Manager
National Security and Non-proliferation Dept.
Vulnerability Assessments Section
Fax:  +1 630-252-7323

Jon Warner
National Security and Non-proliferation Dept.
Vulnerability Assessments Section
Fax:  +1 630-252-7323

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