Detection

The sorry joke is on us
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Oak Ridge launches center for radiation detection as U.S. prepares for worst
Growing worries about what is euphemistically called nuclear “event” in the United States lead to creation of radiation-detection team in the Pentagon, and new radiation detection center at Oak Ridge Laboratory
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Case Study: Radiation Watch, maker of personal radiation meter
The story of an innovative start-up with good radiation detection technology and how it raised its funds
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New guide to $12 billion federal homeland security R&D funds
So you have a great homeland security idea but need money to fund the R&D? You may want to have this new report on your desk (although it will cost you a pretty penny to get it)
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U.S. creates nuclear event tracking and identification system
As Iran marches relentlessly toward the bomb, and North Korea continues to augment its own nuclear arsenal, worries about nuclear attack on the U.S. grow, and a new government-wide team is preparing for the grim event
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Chemical detector from Bruker Daltonics receives SAFETY Act certification
Leading manufacturer of nuclear, biological, and chemical detection system receives coveted DHS certification
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DHS the only federal agency to see budget increase in FY2007
Congress and the administration are going to cut the federal budget in order to fight the budget deficit — with one exception: DHS budget
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Syagen's Guardian wins Detektor award
Explosive detection is the rage, and mass spectrometry California detection developer impressively wins award for its device
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VBI received funds to continue development of pathogen portal
Virginia-based lab receives funds to continue to develop bioterror tool that government experts like
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Sense Holdings moving forward on explosive detection project
Much money is invested in developing ever more sensitive and accurate explosive detection technology, and Sense has been working at the Oak Ridge laboratory to develop such a technology
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DOT, NRC change nuclear materials labeling rules, making finding dirty bombs more difficult
The nuclear industry wanted labeling rules on nuclear materials eased so that such materials could be more easily transported to disposal sites; too bad this relaxation makes it more difficult to identify dirty bombs
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