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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...

Looking back at NCT Virtual USA

NCT Virtual USA was the second NCT event of the year, connecting key actors from the government, NGO and industry! During this two-days event,...

Interview with COL David Martínek, Director, JCBRN Defence Center of Excellence, Czech Republic

Could you describe the JCBRN Defence COE’s main activities? The JCBRN Defence COE is a NATO military body and multi-nationally sponsored organization which offers recognized...

Nuclear weapons are finally outlawed; next step is disarmament

By Dr. Eirini Giorgou, Legal Adviser, Arms and Conduct of Hostilities, International Committee of the Red Cross For more than 75 years, almost half of...

Kazakhstan Country Profile

By Mr. Michele Cavadini, Analyst at IB Consultancy The Republic of Kazakhstan, the most prominent and richest country among the former Soviet republics of Central...

Inexpensive drones: using technological innovation to eradicate landmines

By Ms. Pinja Mann, Analyst, IB Consultancy According to Landmine Monitor, as of October 2020, 60 states and other areas, e.g., North Atlantic and the...

Throwback to 2020 and the beginning of the NCT Virtual Saga

In May 2020, the NCT teams started developing its brand new NCT Virtual platform to allow the CBRNe community to connect at a time...

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