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Train carrying highly toxic phosphorous derailed in Ukraine
Hundreds evacuated from several villages as a 35 square miles area is covered by toxic phosphorous leaking from a derailed train
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Water-striding robot to help in monitoring water quality
Carnegie Mellon researchers develop water-striding robot; equipped with wireless communication and sensors, these robots could monitor sprawling water systems for contamination
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India delays decision on container security pact with U.S.
Indian cabinet was yesterday supposued to ratify India’s participation in CSI; cabinet delays decision pending U.S. clarification on tying CSI to non-priliferation pact
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Fake company obtains licence to buy nuclear materials
Sting operation proves that a fake company could obtain a license to buy enough radioactive material to build a dirty bomb
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DoE awards nuclear fuel cycle grants
DoE’s Office of Nuclear Energy awards grants to graduate students for research into closing the nuclear fuel cycle and recycling components of used nuclear reactor fuel
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IAEA is running short on funds
You would think that with problems such as North Korea, Iran, and securing nuclear materials in the former USSR, the IAEA would be given the means to make the world safer; think again
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NanoSensors extends LOI to acquire DKL International
A specialist in applying nanotechnolgy to detection of biological and chemical detction is set to acquire a specialist in passive detection technology
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Beijing to hold dirty bomb drill next month
In the run up to the 2008 Olympic Games, the Chinese authorities practice responses to various terrorist attacks
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Barak leaves Arco's advisory board
Running for office: Hillary Clinton liquidates investements held in a blind trust, and Ehud Barak resigns from boards of homeland security companies
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EU regulation may limit use of MRI technology
To protect employees in the electricity and mobile-phone industries, the EU formulated regulations limiting exposure to radiation — regulation which may have unintended consequences
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New technology to detect common but difficult to detect explosives
MIT researchers synthesized a molecule based on zinc to allow the detection not only of RDX, but of RDX vapors, which are about 1,000 times more difficult to detect than TNT vapors
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TraceGuard files for additional patents relating to its detection technology
The company’s propietary Automated Trace Extraction (ATE) uses air jetting, pressurization, and at times even vibration and heating to enhance detection
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Russia worried about terrorists with WMD
Following a 2006 agreement between Russia and the U.S., Russia is implementing a tighter control and monitoring of nuclear facilities; still, Russian authorities are worried
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Russia to install radiation detectors at all border crossings
U.S. to help Russia install radiation detection systems in all of Russia’s official international border crossings, including airports, seaports, railways, and land crossings
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DHS continues the search for liquid explosives detection
Tests begin on ICx’s PaxPoint machine, but Sellex International presses hard with its Sencion alternative
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