Nuclear, biological and chemical

Health Service Support in a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Environment Tactics, Techniques,... 

Matousek J. Means for decontamination of supertoxic lethal chemicals on human skin. Symposium on Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Threats in the 21st Century, NBC-2000, Helsinki-Espoo 2000. Symposium Proceedings, Research Report No 75, University of Jyvaskyla 2000, pp. 216-221. 

MOPP Mission-Oriented Protective Posture, the protective clothing used by members of the U.S. military who engage in nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare. MOPP gear provides a flexible system requiring personnel to wear only that protective clothing and equipment appropriate to the threat level, work rate imposed by the mission, temperature, and humidity. 

Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense Operations. Marine Corps Warfighting Publication (MCWP) 3-37 MAGTF. Washington, D.C. Department of the Navy, Headquarters United... 

Updated to reflect the numerous advances that have evolved since the September 11 terrorist attacks, Emergency Response Handbook for Chemical and Biological Agents and Weapons, Second Edition maintains its reputation as a comprehensive training manual for emergency responders to incidents involving nuclear, biological, and chemical materials. 

Scott D. Elliott is manager of the Waste and Transportation Services Department for Duratek Federal Services at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Richland, Washington. Elliott has worked in the fields of nuclear operations, training, and waste treatment for 24 years and has additional experience as a nuclear facility building emergency director. He is presently a nuclear, biological, and chemical operations instructor for the U.S. Army Reserves. 

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Jane s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence, http //jnbc.janes.com/. 

Prepare an assessment of the nuclear, biological, and chemical proliferation threat posed by the diversion of sensitive information from weapons-complex employees from the former Soviet Union... 

Diversions from state-approved activities may provide significant opportunities for proliferation that equal or exceed the danger posed by illicit acquisition from the FSU. Extensive government-sponsored cooperation between FSU states, especially Russia, and regional states such as Iran, India, Libya, and Syria provides channels for officially approved and illicit transfer of critical weapons knowledge. Furthermore, secondary proliferation from China, Pakistan, and North Korea is another significant channel for the transfer of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons expertise. 

Exposure to various nuclear, biologic, and chemical agents, as well as exposure to natural and man-made disasters, can have genetic implications for children and their future offspring. Following the aftermath of Hurricane Gilbert in Jamaica on September 12, 1988,... 

Falkenrath, R. A., Newman, R. D., Thayer, B. A. (1998). America s Achilles heel Nuclear, biological, and chemical terrorism and covert attack. Cambridge, MA The MIT Press. 

Significant accomplishments to date include the installation of decontamination capabilities at each of the 12 hospitals, decontamination and hazardous material overview training, drug and treatment reference cards for nuclear, biological, and chemical agents for both hospital and prehospital care providers, purchase of drugs to treat chemical agents, a plan for delivery and purchase of antibiotics, a hospital plan, a media plan, a mental health plan, and purchase of WMD equipment for law enforcement personnel. 

The Tokyo subway sarin attack occurred in 1995, following the Matsumoto sarin attack, and served as a wake-up call for anti-NBC (nuclear, biological, and chemical) terrorism policy throughout the world. In the 10 years since the attack, efforts to combat NBC terrorism have focused on rapid and effective measures to respond to attacks employing nerve agents such as sarin. 

DOD has identified Libya, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India, China, North Korea, and Russia as countries of concern with respect to nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons capability. See Office of the Secretary of Defense. 2001. Proliferation Threat and Response, 3rd ed., Washington, D.C., January. Available online at . 

Center for Counterproliferation Research. 1996. The Impact of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons on Naval Operations and Capabilities, National Defense University, Washington, D.C., February. 

East, James R., Stephen J. Guerra, J.G. Ebert, Susan C. McArver, M.W. Ewell, and A.S. Hashim. 1999. Navy Implications of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Proliferation, Center for Naval Analyses, Alexandria, Va. 

Kross, Lt Gen Walter, USAF, Director, Joint Staff. 1995. Joint Doctrine for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC) Defense, Joint Publication 3-11, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C. Available online at Response Planning/NBC Defense, pdf>. 

CBIRF s mission statement indicates that it has capabilities for nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) detection, identification, and reconnaissance casualty extraction casualty decontamination technical rescue provision of medical trauma supplies and explosive ordnance disposal. It works best if it can be pre-positioned. Its strengths include these ... 

JSLNBCRS The Joint Services Lightweight NBC Reconnaissance System (JSLNBCRS) is proposed as a vehicle-mounted point and standoff nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) system. The vehicle includes collective protection and unspecified biological sensors. 

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