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Bruker enhances RAID-AFM product line with radiation detection capability
Detection of chemical, biological, and nuclear contaminzation is big business, and one of the more innovative players in the field enhances its chemical large-facility detector by adding nuclear detection capabilities
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TRIA likely to be made permanent
TRIA mandates that the U.S. government provide commercial insurers up to $100 billion in reinsurance capacity for claims arising from terrorist events; the program is set to expire in December, but is likely to be made permanent and expanded
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Port radiation detectors catch GAO heat
Recent tests of three next generation advanced spectroscopic portals find that none comes close to meeting 95 percent sensitivity; one proposed model detects enriched uranium only 17 percent of the time
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DoE opens new radiation detection lab
Cytogenetics biodosimetry makes a comeback at Oak Ridge
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DHS awards $8.8 million in exploratory radiation detection contracts
Federal government continues to look for better port-of-entry radiological and nuclear detection technologies; Alliant, Rapsican, SAIC, and others get the nod
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AS&E receives $17.5 million service contract for ZBVs
The U.S. government has bought several ZBVs — AS&E’s mobile backscatter X-ray scanning systems which may also be used in drive-by scanning — and the company receives a rich service and maintenance contract
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RAE expands its wireless detection offerings
AreaRAE systems, already a hit with the National Guard, receive a tune-up; new sensors can detect hydrogen chloride, hydrogen flouride, and carbon monoxide
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HHS rejects Hollis-Eden radiation sickness treatment
Problems with Project BioShield continue after HHS decides not to buy company’s Neumune injectable; San Diego start-up’s stock plummets
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Oak Ridge scientist develops anti-berrylium dust-rag
Special coating seen as a cure for industrial inhalation problems, and technology may eventually aid in large-scale radiation clean-ups; Y-12 National Security Complex conducts tests but needs help bringing it to market;
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RealityMobile offers off-the-shelf situational control system
Relying on camera phones compatible with Palm OS or Windows Mobile 5.0, RealityVision system offers commanders unparalleled remote access to personnel on the ground
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DHS offers $58 million in new anti-nuclear research grants
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office and the National Science Foundation team up to encourage research into sensors and radiation dispersal devices
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Senate to clash with House over container 100% inspection provision
The House voted to mandate 100% inspection of U.S.-bound frieght containers; a Senate panel agrees with the Bush administration that the measure would be too costly
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New York to test elaborate radiation detection monitring system
DHS will begin this spring testing an elaborate system of nuclear radiation monitoring in and around New York City; concerns persist about cost, effectiveness, and disruptions to commerce and traffic from false alarms
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Smiths Group plays its cards tight
Smiths Groups sells its aerospace division to GE for $4.8 billion, proposing investors a £2.1 billion return — and then forms a detection JV with that company, with both companies hopingt o benefit from increased spending on WMD dection
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New radiation countermeasure to be tested on humans
As worries about radiation attack by terorists — whether on a large scale, or for the killing of a single individual, as was the case in the recent London poisioning of Alexander Litvinenko — the FDA approves human trials of new radiation countermeasure from a Minnesota company
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