After coastal fiascos, radiation scanners at ports

The shipping ministry is all set to install scanners at major ports to check radioactive emissions.

The government on Wednesday informed the Delhi high court that the process had already begun and the installation would be completed by December 2012. The move came in response to a PIL demanding installation of gamma radiation scanners in all scrap markets of the capital.

The ministry also informed the court that a prototype of the gadget named as Radioactive Detective Equipment has already been installed at the Nava Sheva port in Mumbai.