CBRN: Surviving Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Events
| CBRN: Surviving Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Events | |
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| Author(s) | Piero San Giorgio and Cris Millennium, Dmitry Orlov (Preface) |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fiction |
| Publisher | Arktos |
| Publication year | 2020 |
| Pages | 544 |
| ISBN | 1912975661 |
CBRN: Surviving Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Events is a book by Swiss author Piero San Giorgio and CBRN expert Cris Millennium, published in English in 2020 by Arktos. The original French title, published in 2016 by Éditions Le Retour aux sources, is NRBC : survivre aux évènements Nucléaires, Radiologiques, Biologiques et Chimiques.
Publisher description
"Chernobyl, Fukushima, weapons of mass destruction, chemical meltdown… These words inspire fear. But what are the real risks involved? Who could really be affected by a future event, and how does reality compare to fiction? What represents real dangers — nuclear plants, industrial centres, government laboratories — and how can regional or even global crises be handled by private individuals? Finally, what equipment and preparations really make sense in our world of potential catastrophes, and which of them are just a waste of time and money?
CBRN makes an immensely complicated subject accessible to non-specialist readers, covering the most pressing threats in the arena of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear disasters, and providing the know-how and the necessary information to distinguish myth from reality — and to quickly and capably identify real risks, assess real situations and manage real emergencies, to keep us and our families safe."[1]
Contents
Translator’s Foreword
Preface by Dmitry Orlov
Introduction
NUCLEAR AND RADIOLOGICAL RISKS
1. Radioactivity
- Natural Radioactivity
- Man’s Use of Radioactivity
2. Scientific Foundations
- The Structure of Matter
- Radioactivity
- Scales and Units
3. Exposure to Radioactivity
- Scopes and Means of Exposure
- Exposure Sources
- Health Impact
- Conclusion
4. Scenarios
- Remote Irradiation
- Radioactive Contamination
5. Nuclear Power Plants
- The Nuclear Centre of Electricity Production (CNPE)
- Three Miles Island
- Fukushima
- Is the Nuclear Option Safe?
- What About the Waste?
- Chinese Syndrome?
- Could a Nuclear Power Plant Explode Like an Atomic Bomb?
6. Atomic Bombs
- Hiroshima
- Consequences
- The Atom’s Destructive Power
- Fiction
7. Myths
BIOLOGICAL RISKS
1. Living Organisms
- General Facts
- Classification
2. The Biological Threat
- Types of Biological Agents
- Military or Terrorism-Related Biological Agents
3. Examples of Biological Agents
- Bacteria
- Viruses
- Non-Living Biological Agents: Toxins
- Dark Winter: Simulation of a Terrorist Attack
4. Biological Weapons
- Some Examples of Biological Weapons Research
- Dissemination and Penetration Methods
5. Pandemic
- The Plague of Athens
- The Black Death
- Spanish Flu
- The 2013–2015 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
6. Scenarios
- Unknown Virus
- The Flu
CHEMICAL RISKS
1. A History of Chemical Warfare Agents
- Ancient Times
- World War I
- The Modern Era
- Industrial Toxic Agents
2. The Chemical Threat
- Means of Penetration
- Types of Poisoning
- Main Effects
- Lists and Classification of Chemical Toxic Agents
- List of Industrial Toxic Agents of Operational Importance
3. Conclusion
4. Scenarios
- Toxic Gas
- Chemical Warfare
CBRN INCIDENTS: REACTIONS AND PROTECTION
1. Familiarise Yourself with the Dangers
- Alerts and the Dissemination of Information
- Identifying the Risk
2. Adequate Behaviour
- Confinement
- Evacuation
- Responding to Contamination and Poisoning
3. Fallout Shelters
- The Legacy of the Cold War
- Recent Developments
4. Improvised Shelters
- Necessary Equipment in Shelters
5. Nuclear Attacks
- Attack Plans
- Proliferation and Threats
- Targets
- Reacting to a Nuclear Attack
6. Alimentary Protection
- Obtaining Information
- Health-Related Effects
- The Elimination of Radionuclides
- How to Manage Your Food
KITS AND EQUIPMENT
1. General Kits and Equipment
- Containment Kits
- Bug-Out Bags
- Undressing/Decontamination Kits
2. Protection Equipment
- Respiratory Protection
- Bodily Protection
3. Detection Equipment
- Radioactivity Detectors
- Chemical Agent Detectors
- Biological Agent Detectors
4. CBRN Kits
- Non-CBRN-Dedicated Protection Kits
- ‘Basic’ CBRN Kits
- ‘Intermediary’ CBRN Kits
- ‘Advanced’ CBRN Kits
- CBRN Kits: Conclusion
Conclusion
Books by the same author
- Survive The Economic Collapse (2021)
- Giuseppe: A Survival Story (2020)
Publication data
- CBRN: Surviving Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Events, Piero San Giorgio and Cris Millennium, 2020, Arktos, ISBN-10: 1912975661, ISBN-13: 978-1-912975-66-2
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