1. A non-destructive scanning system to identify hazardous materials or potential dangers comprising: a scanning device capable of producing an electronic image of a scanned object, a computer system in communication with said scanning device, and a data storage device in communication with said scanning device and said computer system, said computer system including an architecture that includes a reference library, said reference library includes a reference section and a scan catalog, said architecture further including a configurable watch list that may be created and maintained automatically, semi-automatically, or manually, said computer architecture including real time analytics that will find information from said reference library and configurable watch list and correlate said electronic image of said scanned object to said information, said computer architecture including an output indicative of match between the scanned object and said reference library and said configurable watch list.