Sentences with phrase «radiological attack»

The Administration has requested $ 366 million for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO), whose job is to develop and deploy technologies to tackle the threat of a radiological attack on the United States.

The proposed plan, «Guidance for Protecting Building Environments from Airborne Chemical, Biological, or Radiological Attacks,» is under development by a working group representing the Environmental Protection Agency, the General Services Administration, and the departments of State, Defense, and Energy, under the direction of the Office of Homeland Security.

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The embassy say there is no evidence for a chemical attack: «Russian services for chemical and radiological security visited the suspected site of the incident and did not find any traces of chemical substances.

NIH is also getting $ 97 million more to develop countermeasures for a radiological or chemical attack.

The IAEA has categorized four potential nuclear security threats (or, more accurately, nuclear security risks): the acquisition of nuclear weapons by theft; the creation of nuclear explosive devices using stolen nuclear materials; the use of radioactive sources in radiological dispersal devices (RDDs); and the radiological hazards caused by an attack on, or sabotage of, a facility or a transport vehicle.

Some experts share the view of the Director General of the United Kingdom Security Service, who said in August 2003: «It will only be a matter of time before a crude version of a [chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear] attack is launched at a major Western city»...