Radiological Incidents & Dirty Bombs: Further Information

Newrisk Limited is available to advise organisations and governments on radiological incidents and dirty bombs.

Newrisk Limited and its principal adviser, Dr Leivesley, have previously provided media commentary, lectures, conference papers, workshops and publications on this topic, examples of which are set out below. To return to an overview of Newrisk Limited's radiological and dirty bomb expertise, please click here.

To request Newrisk Limited's assistance in connection with a radiological incidents and dirty bomb, or to discuss a tailored package of services, please contact Newrisk Limited directly.

Media Commentary

Newrisk Limited's principal adviser, Dr Leivesley, have provided media commentary on radiological incidents and dirty bombs, including:

• Uranium in package arriving at London Heathrow Airport sparks counter- terror investigation, Sky
  News at 2.30pm and repeats in news, 11 January 2023: "What it may mean is, if London is being used to trade and prove sampling capability of what can be sold, this is very serious and if so, it's an indicator of part of the weapons build-up we're seeing, said Dr Sally Leivesley, a risk management consultant.”
• Dirty Bombs and their Consequences for the BBC News on 29 December 2006;
• Extra Dirty Bomb Suits Ordered for Police and Pending Execution of Saddam for BBC News and BBC Breakfast on 29 December 2006;
• Alexander Litvinenko and Mario Scaramella's Polonium Poisoning and Public Health Issues for Sky News on 1 December 2006 and ABC News (America) on 1 December 2006;
• Dr Reid's Statement to House of Commons on Alexander Litvinenko Polonium Poisoning for the BBC News on 24 November 2006;
• Alexander Litvinenko Polonium Poisoning for Sky News on 25 November 2006, CBC (Canada) on 24 November 2006, ABC News (America) on 24 November 2006 and BBC News on 24 November 2006; and
• Security Threats Following Russian Poisoning for BBC News on 19 November 2006.

Lectures and Conferences

Newrisk Limited and its principal adviser, Dr Leivesley, have provided lectures & conferences on radiological incidents and dirty bombs, including:

• 'CBRNE/Cyber Terrorism: Technical briefing for ‘Exercise London' - Lecture for the Ministry of Defence, Terrorism Causes, Trends and Responses, Knowledge Transfer Programme at the University of Bradford, School of Social and International Studies in April 2013;
• 'Managing Shock Attacks on Cities: Multiple Terrorist, Nuclear or Cyber Threat Horizons' - Keynote and Planning Lecture for CEOs at the Sixth Chief Security Officer Summit in Berlin (Germany) in December 2012;
• 'Scientific Solutions for CBRNE Terrorism and Catastrophic Events with Reflections on Fukushima and Norway, Situational Awareness, Communications, Evacuation, Shelter, Risk' - Co-chair for the Permanent Monitoring Panel on Mitigation of Terrorist Acts at the 'Role of Science in the Third Millenium, International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies', 45th Session in Erice (Italy) in August 2012;
• 'Water and CBRNE/Cyber Terrorism: Waterborne threats and sustainability of cities including unusual secondary and tertiary water contamination lessons from Fukushima' - Presentation to the 'Role of Science in the Third Millenium, International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies', 45th Session in Erice (Italy) in August 2012;
• 'CBRNE/Cyber Terrorism & London in 2012' - Technical Briefing to Government sponsored students at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford;
• 'Cities as Soft Targets for RDDs - An Introduction to the Threats Posed by Radiological Devices' - Paper to the Explosives World Conference in London (England) in November 2009'
• 'Financial Cities: Dirty Bombs and Terror Risks to 2012' - Paper to the 3rd Annual Chief Security Officer Summit in Barcelona (Spain) in October 2009;
• 'CBRNE Risks' - Lecture to the Leadership in Counter-Terrorism Course, Scottish Police College in Kincardine (Scotland) in June 2009;
• 'Business Drivers and CBRN Terror Solutions' - Lecture to the International Security National Resilience in London (England) in December 2007;
• 'CRBNE2 - New Risks, New Solutions, New Plans' - Lecture to the 10th International CBRN Defence Symposium at the Defence Academy in Shrivenham (England) in November 2007;
• 'Terror, Risk and Preparedness in the UK' - Paper to the Defence and Security Forum Meeting in London (England) in November 2006;
• 'Future Scientific Innovation for CBRNE2 Risk' - Paper to the NATO Joint STS-CNAD Workshop in Ericeira (Portugal) in March 2006;
• 'Credibility in CBRNE2 Public Information - Cooperation or Apathy?' - Paper to the CBRN Resilience Defence IQ in London (England) in April 2004;
• 'Securing CBRNE Risk: Global Solutions' - Paper to the ASIS International Members' Meeting in Madrid (Spain) in February 2004;
  
• 'Exercising Skills in CBRN Crises - Risk Assessment and Business Continuity' - Paper to the Managing UK Homeland Security Summit in London (England) in October 2003;
• 'The Business Response: What you can do for yourself when survival becomes an issue' - Contingency Planning Briefing to the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry in London (England) in June 2003; and
• 'Exercising New Plans in CBRN Defence' - Paper to the Global Security Conference at the Department of Defence Management and Security Analysis and Security Studies Institute in Shrivenham (England) in October 2002.

Workshop Exercises

Newrisk Limited and its principal adviser, Dr Leivesley, have provided workshops on radiological incidents and dirty bombs, including:

• 'Fukushima - Lessons Learned: Limiting the Consequences, Dealing with Loss of Containment' - workshop exercise to the Register of Security Engineers and Specialists, Continuing Professional Development Day at the Transport Research Laboratory in Berkshire (UK) in October 2011;
• 'Three Scenarios: CBRNE Attacks on London and Other Cities: A Survival Game to Encourage the Best Solutions under the Toughest Conditions' - Workshop exercise at the IPQC's CBRN Resilience Conference in London (England) in July 2008;
• 'Disasters and Business Risk Workshop' - Workshop exercise at the FIRST Annual Corporate Executive Programme in Singapore (Singapore) in June 2005;
• 'Exercise CBRNE2 Resilience' - Tabletop exercise at the Defence IQPC, in London (England) in April 2004.

Publications

Newrisk Limited's principal adviser, Dr Leivesley, has written publications on radiological incidents and dirty bombs, including:

• 'CBRN and the Media: Policy, Plans and Reality' in the Monitor, RUSI, April 2003, Vol. 2(3), 2-4;
• 'The Impact on the Business Community: Building Resilience against Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, Radiological, Explosives and Electronic Attacks' - by Dr Sally Leivesley in The Unlikely Terrorists by Rachel Briggs (Editor), November 2002, pp.31-42; and
• 'A New Form of Warfare Non-Lethal Weapons' in Arima Corporate Risk, 1997, Vol. 4(11), 86-87.

Unpublished Papers

Newrisk Limited's principal adviser, Dr Leivesley, has written unpublished papers on radiological incidents and dirty bombs, including:

• Cross-Disciplinary Mitigation of CBRNE2 Risk - prepared for the World Federation of Scientists, International Seminar on Planetary Emergencies (31st session) in May 2004.

To request Newrisk Limited's assistance in connection with a radiological incidents and dirty bomb, or to discuss a tailored package of services, please contact Newrisk Limited directly.