Created: 5/3/2005 10:27:47 AM 
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A Jacksonville port is the first one in Florida to receive ten new radiation monitors.
The monitors have been installed at Jacksonville Port Authority by U-S Customs to scan every cargo container leaving the port for nuclear weapons and dirty bombs.
Because of the Super Bowl and the large amount of military cargo that moves through the ports, Jacksonville was placed high on a list to get the radiation monitors.
Eight of the 14-foot-high yellow monitors were placed at Talleyrand Marine Terminal and two more at Blount Island Terminal.
So far there have been about ten false alarms. The machines are sensitive enough to detect if truck drivers have had medical treatments involving radiation. They have also been triggered by a load of bananas which contain a large amount of potassium, kitty litter and floor tile.
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