A few of our colleagues, upon receiving a radiocarbon date younger than they expected, have wondered if X-rays in airport security devices might have increased their 14C content. Unfortunately for them, our colleagues have been forced to find alternate explanations for the uncooperative dates. Airport X-rays simply cannot produce 14C. However, a new security technology is almost ready for installation at Kennedy Airport for some international flights, and, according to the Wall Street Journal, 100 additional units are planned for other high-risk airports. The new device will detect high concentrations of nitrogen (a component in explosives) by thermal neutron activation (TNA). Since TNA on a global scale is the process by which nature produces virtually all 14C in the atmosphere, some 14C must be produced in high-nitrogen materials, such as bones, as they pass through a neutron activation airport security device. The question important to the radiocarbon dating community is how much effect can the 14C thus produced have on the 14C date?