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UK Shadow Defence Secretary to speak at CBRNe Convergence 2012

Written by S Johnson on 17 August 2012.

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CBRNe World is pleased to announce that the UK’s Shadow Defence Secretary, the Rt Hon Jim Murphy MP, will be attending and speaking at this year’s CBRNe Convergence conference, the largest conference and exhibition for CBRN in the world in 2012. This eminent speaker was invited after CBRNe World was highly impressed with how his team discussed the complexities of defence and security challenges, in particular the shadow of bioterrorism.

Security, Emergency, CBRNe, Military

Have you heard of photoacoustics?

Written by Andrew Johnston (Source: BioPrepWatch) on 16 August 2012.

New technology uses sound waves to detect chemicals

Detection, Chemical, Detector, Military, Army

August update to CBRNe Convergence 2012 Programme

Written by S Johnson on 15 August 2012.

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CBRNe

Certified Safety: Understanding EN and NFPA standards for chemical protective suits

Written by Ian Hutcheson, Market Manager, Saint-Gobain Perfor on 14 August 2012.

Preparedness is the watchword for any professional who puts his or her life on the line to deal with chemical spills, accidents and other dangerous situations. While training is important, when a hazmat suit is the only thing standing between a first responder and harmful chemicals or gases, the performance of their protective suit is absolutely vital. Past chemical industrial disasters and incidents have served as real-life lessons, helping to demonstrate the needs, risks and challenges facing emergency response teams, driving safety and performance standards, as well as innovation in the protective fabric industry. Depending on where they are sold, chemical protective suits must comply with specific regional standards, ensuring that they meet stringent performance requirements. For example, in Europe, EN certification is required, while in the United States and Canada, NFPA is the primary certification standard for protective suits and equipment. To meet these standards, protective suits and equipment are exposed to harsh conditions, simulating the actual threats responders might face in the field, such as extreme temperatures, chemical exposure and abrasion.

Detection, Emergency, Threat, Equipment, Chemical, Protection, Warfare

Smiths detection expands radiation offering

Written by CBRNe World on 14 August 2012.

Partnership with Mirion gives full range of radiation detection technologies

Detection, Security, Emergency, Threat, Identification, Chemical, Detector, Military, Nuclear, Radiation, Radiological, Weapons, Defense, Explosive

Multiple CBRN contracts released

Written by CBRNE World Contract watch on 14 August 2012.

Contracts released for radiation detection equipment via the European Instrument for stability, decontamination and chemical detection equipment for Australian DOD, Customs and Borders. Further details in the main main news item (click on the title)

Equipment, Military, Protection, Decontamination

India steps up nuclear missile programme

Written by Jesse Garrick on 09 August 2012.

09:29 - Agni II, developed by the DRDO, underwent successful testing today off the coast of Odisha

Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, Weapons, Contract

GB vapor detected in Kentucky depot

Written by CBRNe World (Source: Richmond Register) on 08 August 2012.

Low levels of GB (sarin) vapor have been registered at a chemical weapons igloo in Richmond

Chemical

Test results show unprecedented achievement for Marburg drug candidate

Written by CBRNe World (Source: www.jpmtmt.mil) on 06 August 2012.

Treatment with JPM-TMT funded AVI-7288 shows significant survival rates even when administered up to four days post-infection

Threat, Chemical, Army, Biological, Defense

Elusys awarded $50.2 million for anthrax treatment

Written by Bryan Cohen (BioPrepWatch) on 04 August 2012.

Elusys Therapeutics to receive additional funding from US Government

US Navy consolidates CBR defense projects to achieve savings

Written by CBRNe World on 03 August 2012.

By John Joyce, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Public Affairs. Full story here

Detection, Equipment, Chemical, Detector, Biological, Radiological, Defense, Warfare

UK MoD DCBRNC takes delivery of latest CBRN training simulation systems

Written by CBRNe World on 01 August 2012.

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Supplied by UK manufacturer Argon Electronics, the new systems include both instrumentation and simulation software.

Threat, Equipment, Chemical, Detector, Military, Biological, Nuclear, Radiological, Contract

Syrian Free Army find chemical defence equipment in Aleppo base - Comment

Written by S Johnson on 31 July 2012.

sources have passed this video, available here to CBRNe World. The source asserts that the men are in Aleppo and have recently found a stash of chemical defence equipment and detector.

Detection, Equipment, CBRNe, Chemical, Detector, Army, Weapons