Smiths Detection expands German facility

To meet growing demand for its Advanced Threat Identification X-ray (aTiX) systems, Smiths Detection opens a 4,000 m2 production facility in Wiesbaden, Germany

WHO, IAEA is simulated nuclear accident drill

The World Health Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency collaborate in a nuclear accident drill at the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in Mexico

New bunker-busting weapon

The ability to destroy a bunker buried deep under concrete may well one day mean the difference between nuclear war and a diplomatic row; think Iran

GAO strongly criticizes DoE over Hanford clean-up

More than 210 million liters of radioactive and chemical waste are stored in 177 underground tanks at Hanford in Washington State; most are more than fifty years old; GAO says there now "serious questions about the tanks' long-term viability"

French authorities ban water use following nuclear leak

Safety agencies in France are playing down the risk to public health from Tuesday's uranium leak at the Tricastin nuclear plant, but water-usage bans have worried skeptical residents and environmental organizations

UC researcher helps develop device to detect explosives

Researchers from the University of California-Riverside and the University of Connecticut develop hand-held electronic device that can detect the presence of explosives in high-risk areas where bomb-sniffing dogs are now the best tools for detection

Smith Detection shows peroxide vapor detector

Peroxide is used in many household chemicals -- and by terrorists; Smith Detection shows a hand-held detector which allows for fast detection of IEDs; military and airline industry are primary markets

Breakthrough: Universal detection system

Livermore researchers work on developing a universal detection system -- a system that can monitor the air for virtually all of the major threat agents that could be used by terrorists: biological, chemical, explosives, and radiological -- along with illicit drugs