Radiochemistry in CBRN/Homeland Security Meeting

22 February 2007 - AWE Aldermaston 

Homeland Security has become a vitally important issue for governments around the world. A terrorist act involving the deliberate release of CBRN materials is a very real threat. More and more resources are being spent upon countering such threats. 

Fundamental to reduction of the threat from the use of these materials is the ability to detect and identify their presence at as early a stage as is possible as is the ability to decontaminate any affected environment for return to former use. 

Chemical and radiochemical techniques are being developed for such purposes. 

This workshop attracted 76 attendees, half of whom were from AWE and the rest were drawn largely from academia, other government departments, and industry. Seven presentations were given two of which featured the recent Polonium-210 incident.