NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical

Chemical hazards are the unintended or deliberate release of a substance that is potentially harmful to humans or the environment (e.g. nerve and blistering agents, toxic industrial chemicals).

Biological hazards, according to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (1972), include germs, toxins and viruses that can sicken or kill people, livestock, or crops (UNODA, 1972).

Nuclear hazards involve the accidental or intentional release of potentially harmful radioactive materials from nuclear fission or fusion, such as those associated with  power plants, research reactors or nuclear weapons (HIP; IFRC).

Latest NBC additions in the Knowledge Base

Risk assessment for Central Asia and Caucasus: desk study review:

This desk review presents an initiative which aims at reducing Central Asia and the Caucasus (CAC)'s vulnerability to the risk of disasters, in line with the Hyogo Framework for Action

This booklet is a practical, and easy to comprehend, assistance manual for citizens to be prepared for emergency situations.

This document is a Russian contribution to the implementation of IDNDR programmes.

This annual report contains an inventory of the major disasters that occured in Cameroon in 2008 and an analysis of the government's civil protection policy.

Proceeding volume of the National Workshop, 30 September-01 October 2008, New Delhi:

This document on chemical disaster management contains detailed descriptive lectures, talks of holistic disaster management (DM) framework, integration of chemical risk

In French:

Cette animation en flash présente dix risques majeurs (avalanche, inondation, séisme, cyclone, éruption volcanique, rupture de barrage, accident nucléaire..) Chaque séquence permet de visualiser les différentes étapes de ces événements, d'en

This annual report contains detailed information on all the disasters during the year by country. It is intended for policy makers, scientists, researchers and practitioners on disaster management in the South Asia region and outside.

It is structured in

In French:

La catastrophe industrielle du 21 septembre 2001 à Toulouse a réveillé cruellement la conscience du risque technologique. Selon l'auteur, il serait dangereux de retomber dans la torpeur, car les carences de la prévention et du contrôle sont

In Spanish:

Conocer la situación actual de los países de la Subregión Andina sobre la prevención y respuesta a emergencias causadas por productos químicos peligrosos y materiales radiactivos, este documento planes y programas orientados a mejorar estos

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