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LOCH News! Loch's Physicist Introduces ELF Landmine Technology to International Nuclear Conference in Greece
<Picture: 24/7 ad>June 24, 1999 12:01 AM AUSTIN, Texas, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Renowned physicist Dr. Henry Blair introduced the new ELF landmine detector technology to the international nuclear community yesterday morning on the Greek island of Crete, according to R.B. Baker, chairman of Loch Harris, Inc. LOCH .
Today, Blair presented his formal paper, "A Man Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Based Landmine Detection and Location System," to the 6th International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques and fielded questions afterward. More than 100 scientists have registered for the conference, which is under the auspices of The Office Of National Drug Control Policy -- The White House, NCSR Demokritos, and Western Kentucky University.
Rodney Boone, CEO of both Loch Harris and ChemTech, accompanied Blair to the conference, along with Loch's Chief Financial Officer Mark Baker, who reported on Blair's introductory speech in an international conference call yesterday afternoon.
Blair, who developed the ELF for Chemical Detection Technology, Inc. (ChemTech), subsidiary of Austin-based Loch Harris, was invited to the already closed conference program at the insistence of Dr. Vlado Valkovic, chairman of Croatia's Ruder Boscovic Institute. Valkovic executed an agreement last month between Croatia and ChemTech to collaborate on development of the ELF through the live field test phase, scheduled in Croatia in January.
Chairman Valkovic introduced Blair to the group, saying, "We're excited to be working with Loch's ChemTech in the laboratory and field testing of the ELF system."
Valkovic is betting heavily on the ELF to help locate the estimated 1.2 million landmines left over from the Croatian civil war.
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