Atmas, a Finnish company specialising in protective systems are finishing off a good visit at Kolomaki s.r.o. in Czechia together with their partners from Podzemné kryty which is the beginning of the joint development of a new line of a modular prefabricated bunkers and will be offered exclusively by Atmas for private, industrial and government markers around the world. The proven technology of Kolomaki in manufacturing of underground watertight modules with the use of Atmas protective systems will allow them to offer professional and cost-effective solutions.The prefabricated modules are designed to be easily transportable and delivered to the installation place [...]

A mailroom supervisor at the Atwater Prison in California has died following a suspected exposure to an unknown substance.  Reports are saying the man came into contact with mail that was saturated with a substance, that some are now speculating was fentanyl. The man, Marc Fischer, was processing mail at the facility when he began to feel unwell, as his symptoms worsened he was taken to hospital where he subsequently died.  An investigation is currently ongoing into the incident, one facet of which must include safety issues, what policies are in place to prevent things like this happening, was the [...]

The water level in the cooling pond at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) continues to decrease. Despite all reactors remaining in a state of cold-shutdown, availability of this water is important for nuclear safety of the plant, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today. Over the past weeks, IAEA experts at the plant have observed a continuous decrease in the water level of the plant’s cooling pond. If this trend continues, ZNPP staff confirmed that it will soon become challenging to pump water from the pond. Maintaining the level of the pond [...]

SERB Pharmaceuticals, a global specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today the acquisition of RSDL® (Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion) kit from Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) for an up-front payment of approximately $75 million. In addition, SERB will pay Emergent a $5 million payment upon first achievement of a milestone relating to sourcing of certain components of RSDL®. As part of the transaction, SERB will also acquire and maintain the operation of the leased manufacturing facility in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and several employees who support the site and RSDL® product will join SERB.  RSDL® is a medical device provided as a kit, with a lotion impregnated [...]

Blackline Safety Corp. , a global leader in connected safety technology, has announced the launch of an international safety awards program to recognize individuals and organizations that go above and beyond to keep their employees, communities and the environment safe.“Blackline’s No. 1 priority is ensuring that every worker returns home at the end of the day in the same form they arrived, and that communities and the environment are protected from life-threatening situations,” said Christine Gillies, Chief Product & Marketing Officer of Blackline Safety, whose suite of safety devices are used by hundreds of fire and hazmat, oil and gas, [...]

French police are investigating a suspicious letter sent to the interior minister that tested positive for yersinia pestis.  The letter, unstamped, and with undisclosed “inscriptions” on the back, roused suspicions among workers. Inside, they discovered a black powder and a letter containing racist insults.  Preliminary tests conducted by a CBRN unit are reported to have revealed a “slight positivity for the plague”. The local prosecutor’s office warned that the initial test results could be a “false positive” and said further analyses are being carried out. Full results are expected later.  [...]

A waste management specialist has introduced a new ground-breaking service to identify unlabelled chemicals, allowing for safe disposal. CSG has become the first waste management company in the UK to invest in a handheld Raman spectrometer, helping businesses and organisations which produce chemical wastes to operate safely and meet their legal obligations. Previously the only way to identify the contents of an unlabelled chemical container was to open it for sampling and analysis.  CSG has invested in a Raman spectrometer which enables accurate, through-barrier identification of hazardous chemicals at customers’ sites, without the need for containers to be opened. CSG or [...]