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Bruker in Phase III of automatic, unattended chemical detector
DHS awards Bruker $1.3 follow-on Phase III contract for the Autonomous Rapid Facility Chemical Agent Monitor project
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South Carolina equips first responders with personal radiation detectors
South Carolina buys 300 GammaRAE II from RAE Systems; the portable detector provides prompt detection of gamma-ray sources
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RAE Systems refocuses, cuts costs
RAE Systems develops good chemical and radiation detectors for industry and homeland security; it tried its hand in the DVR market, and did not enjoy much success; now it is going back to what it is good at
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Pollution-sniffing flea-like robot unveiled
Italian researchers demonstrate the exploits of a mechanical, insect-look-alike robot, capable of sniffing out mercury and other pollutants
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GE Security shows dual-mode detection system
MobileTrace, developed with funding support from the Joint IED Defeat Organization, detects both explosives and narcotics
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DHS increases size of Nanomix grant
In January DHS awarded a grant to a specialist in nanoelectronic detection; the department liked the company’s progress, and increased the amount of the grant
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Sandia tests new approach to radiation detection
Sandia physicists have an idea: Scan freight containers for radiation not at the port, but at sea: “You’ve got days on the ocean, and you only get minutes in the port,” says one of them
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U.S. Army buys 300 Peroxide Explosive Testers from ACRO
Peroxide-based explosives are easy to make and hard to detect; more and more terrorist organizations are using them, including in IEDs; U.S. Army wants to improve its ability to tackle such explosives
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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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The long view
What We’ve Learned from Survivors of the Atomic Bombs
Q&A with Dr. Preetha Rajaraman, New Vice Chair for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.