CBRN
Cambodian government officials as well as legal and technical experts from the country met in Phnom Penh on 26-27 March for a workshop focused on efforts to establish a national registry of controlled biological agents. The workshop was organised by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in close
CBRN
A school in Jelenia Góra, southwestern Poland, has detected levels of the radioactive gas radon being at more than seven times the safe limit. As reported by TVP World, the tests were conducted from late January to early March and found radon levels in two classrooms and the gym at
Explosives
The UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has led a major trial on behalf of the British Army that demonstrated how artificial intelligence models can be rapidly retrained to recognise new threat types and adapt to different environments. Conducted with 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal and
Exercises & Events
Police in the Polish city of Poznań conducted a training on using uncrewed aerial vehicles in CBRNE crisis response on 24-25 March. According to information published by Greater Poland Police, the main objective of the training was to familiarise participants with how to conduct field reconnaissance operations and identify threats,
CBRN
The Bulgarian State Enterprise for Radioactive Waste (SERAW) reported on Friday 27 March that the country's national repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste has been issued with a certificate confirming it is ready for commissioning. SERAW executive director, Dilyan Petrov, said: "We are pleased that today’
Industry
Smiths Detection's LCD, Proengin's AP4C and SP4E, and Oritest's CALID-3 paper have all been spotted in a recent informational video published by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The short video published on the OPCW's social media gave a
CBRN
Trace amounts of fentanyl were discovered inside the packaging of five Barbie dolls sold at a discount store in the Kansas City suburb of Independence, Missouri, on Saturday 21 March. In a statement released on Facebook, police said that store security at Cargo Largo contacted authorities "regarding a suspicious
Industry
The inaugural Science & Technology CBRN Capability Operational User Trial (SCOUT26), organised by the United States' Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) Joint Science and Technology Office, has concluded. Taking place from 20-26 March at Camp Dawson, West Virginia, SCOUT26 was "a large-scale, scenario-based field experiment that
Explosives
Police in the Indian state of Manipur recovered 15 IEDs in an operation in the village of Yangoubung, Tengnoupal district, near the border with Myanmar on Saturday, 28 March. The recovered IEDs were destroyed in situ, according to an announcement released on Manipur police's Facebook page the day
Exercises & Events
The United States' Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has announced a partnership with the Lithuanian Armed Forces (LAF) in Kaunas. In posts on Monday 30 March on LinkedIn and X, DTRA announced that their team for building partner capacity transferred "state-of-the-art" CBRN equipment to the Lithuanian Armed
Exercises & Events
A national workshop on strengthening CBRN critical infrastructure resilience workshop has taken place in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 17-19 March. Hosted at the State Security Service of Georgia's training centre and implemented by the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC), "the workshop brought together national stakeholders to advance
Exercises & Events
A three-day workshop on hospital preparedness for CBRN emergencies has taken place in Prague, Czechia. Organised by the World Health Organization in collaboration with the Czech Ministry of Health, the State Office for Nuclear Safety and the National Radiation Institute, the workshop convened multidisciplinary teams including clinicians, emergency managers, nurses