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Looking back at NCT Virtual Europe 2021

NCT Virtual Europe 2021, was the third NCT event of the year, organized in official partnership with the JCBRN Defence Center of Excellence connecting...

Interview with Mr. David DiGregorio, Director, Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Division, Massachusetts Department of Fire Services, USA

First of all, thank you for taking the time to do this interview despite your hectic schedule. Firstly, could you please introduce yourself and...

NCT Virtual becomes NCT Virtual Hub!

After a successful year of the NCT Virtual events series, we are pleased to announce that the NCT Virtual Platform will keep its doors...

Italy Country Profile

By Mr. Michele Cavadini, Analyst at IB Consultancy In Europe, Italy is still one of the worst hit countries by the ongoing pandemic, as recently...

Nuclear tests: Lessons Learned and Long-Lasting Challenges

By Elisa Morin, Consultant, IB Consultancy Although nuclear testing might sound like an outdated topic to most of us today, it still plays a significant...

TERRIFIC Project: Using innovative technologies to protect our Critical National Infrastructure

By Rob Munro, TERRIFIC Dissemination & Communication Lead The recent extremely cold weather in Texas caused untold pain to the US state’s residents, many of...

Guidelines for first responders derived from explosive dispersions of stable CsCI: DOs and DON’Ts

By Dr. Carlos Rojas Palma, Nuclear Emergency Preparedness R&D, Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK CEN), Belgium Perhaps one of the most publicized terrorist attack scenarios...

Operational Preparedness of Field-Teams in Different Stages of A Nuclear & Radiological (N&R) Event: A Multi-Dimensional Perspective

By Dr. Ori Nissim Levy, International Expert and researcher in Nuclear Defense, Haifa University, Israel & Mr. Avihai Koresh, Researcher,Operational Nuclear Defense Model (ONDM),...

Forgotten Casualties: Hospitals in the Aftermath of a Nuclear Detonation

By Mark L. Maiello, Ph.D., and Jenna Mandel-Ricci, MPA, MPH*, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene *Greater New York Hospital Association* Computer...

The Permanent Threat of Nuclear Terrorism

The need of remembering this "Sword of Damocles" among other trending CBRN threats By Maj. Julio Ortega Garcia, Operations in Strategics and Plans Section, Defence...

Joe Biden, the US and the fight against nuclear terrorism

By Benjamin Hautecouverture, Senior Research Fellow, Foundation for Strategic Research, France At the virtual 2021 Munich Security Conference, the new US President Joe Biden declared:...

Homeland Security for Radiological and Nuclear Threats

Where we are and where we need to go By Mary Sproull, Biologist, National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institute/ROB, USA Since the events of 9/11, comprehensive...

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