Industry
Battelle has been awarded the United States' Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s scientific and technical engagement partnership (STEP) 2.0 contract, becoming the sole awardee for this major biological threat reduction effort. The award includes a $52.9 million base period, with a total potential value of $93.3
Exercises & Events
A CBRN conclave is taking place at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, India on 26-27 February 2026. It is being organised by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), part of the Indian Ministry of Defence. With the theme "From policy to practice: Building CBRN resilient India", the
CBRN
A shopping plaza in Middleboro, Massachusetts, was safely evacuated on Wednesday afternoon, 25 February, after a gas leak likely caused by a snowplow. CBS News reported that the fire department responded shortly after noon to the Hannaford supermarket parking lot after reports of a strong smell of gas. Crews confirmed
CBRN
Savannah River Site's legacy radioactive tank waste has seen a record reduction in the amount of radioactivity over the past four years. The US Department of Energy reported on Wednesday 25 February that there are now 46 million fewer curies in the tank waste since 2022. This is
CBRN
Eighteen people were hospitalised after a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a solar plant factory in North Carolina on Wednesday morning, 25 February. Local news outlet WITN reported that employees at the Boviet Solar factory in Pitt County were taken ill and that emergency officials were called to the plant
CBRN
The Indian government has highlighted the danger posed by CBRNE materials in the country's first national counter-terrorism policy and strategy. Released on Monday 23 February by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs, the document begins by saying that the country "has been at the forefront of the
Explosives
Security forces in the Indian-administered region of Jammu and Kashmir have recovered a cache of arms and explosives in a bust of a militant hideout in Kasbalari village, Poonch district, officials said on Wednesday 25 February. According to the Kashmir News Service, joint teams of police and security forces launched
CBRN
Seventeen homes in Vancouver, Washington, USA, were evacuated on Tuesday 24 February after a natural gas leak was reported in the city's North Image neighbourhood, according to the Vancouver fire and police departments. Emergency dispatch logs show the leak was first reported about 09:30 near Northeast 123rd
Exercises & Events
The 2nd Battalion Kolkata of India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have conducted a district-level mock chemical emergency exercise at Grasim Industries Ltd, Kharagpur, West Bengal, to enhance preparedness and coordination for industrial chemical incidents. An announcement on X noted active participation from the district administration, fire and
Exercises & Events
Conscripts in the Swedish Defence Forces have been trained on identifying chemical weapons and decontamination this month. Proengin's S4PF sampler and AP4C were also spotted being used in the training. In a Facebook post on 13 February, the CBRN school at the Swedish Defence Forces' national military
Exercises & Events
The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) and 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command 1st Global Field Medical Laboratory (1GFML), signed a memorandum of agreement on research and training on 6 February at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The agreement was signed by the
CBRN
A gas tanker overturned on a road in Romania's Sibiu County on Monday evening 23 February, leading authorities to evacuate several people from the area as a precaution and deploy a CBRN truck to conduct on-site measurements for gas leaks. According to the Romanian publication Ora de Medias,