About the Author
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
