Surveillance and Monitoring of Explosive, Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Hazards - Focus on Biological Hazards

Report Highlights

Report Includes

• An overview of the global market for the surveillance and monitoring of explosive, chemical, biological, and nuclear hazards; the focus of this study is on biological hazards.
• Analyses of global market trends, with data from 2012, estimates for 2013 and 2014, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2019.
• Discussion of how hazards due to industrial accidents, nuclear plant accidents, or accidental releases of biological agents from a laboratory can be prevented or minimized if precautionary measures are set up in advance and necessary equipment and trained personnel are available to respond.
• A breakdown of the global and regional markets for technologies involved in the manufacture of different types of ECBN hazard monitoring equipment and the markets for applications in which such monitoring equipment will be utilized, as well as the basic technologies involved in the manufacture of such equipment.
• Comprehensive company profiles of manufacturers, their market shares, and their research and development (R&D) efforts to cultivate new technologies and equipment for better monitoring of ECBN hazards.

INTRODUCTION

STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVE

A hazard is a real or potential condition that can cause injury, illness or death to personnel; damage to or loss of equipment or property; or damage to the environment.  Hazards can be caused by hostile forces (e.g., terrorists, conventional military force) or accidental release of chemical or biological agents (e.g., natural disaster, accidental release by governmental or commercial sectors).  Hazardous material is a substance that due to its explosive, chemical or biological nature causes safety, public health or environmental concerns that require an elevated level of effort to manage.  In this report, the hazards that may arise out of explosions, chemical accidents, biological accidents and nuclear incidents are considered.  The main objective of this report is to analyze the methods for monitoring these hazards and minimizing the damage they can cause.

REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY

Explosion, chemical, biological and nuclear hazards (ECBN hazards) may be the result of such generally classified actions as:

• Accident.
• Terrorism.
• War or war-like situations.

The following table illustrates these classifications of ECBN hazards in greater detail, as well as the possible causes and proposed ways to avoid such hazards.

TABLE A
CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSES OF HAZARDS AND THE MEANS TO AVOID OR MINIMIZE THEM

Source: BCC Research

Hazards due to industrial accident, nuclear plant accident or accidental biological agent release from a laboratory can be prevented or minimized if possible precautionary measures are set up in advance and necessary equipment and trained personnel are available to respond.

Hazards created by terrorist groups are difficult to tackle, as the reasons for such actions may be beyond reconciliation through possible negotiations.  The only way to face such hazards is to prepare for the possible consequences in advance.

Hazards that may occur in cases of war or war-like situations could be tackled by negotiations between the concerned parties or nations, along with possible pressure from other more dominant and powerful countries or the United Nations.  In the modern world, such incidents are unlikely to occur and if they do, the consequences may be devastating and all precautions are likely to be ineffective.

The possibility of an ECBN hazard due to a war is not discussed in this report.  The main objective of this report is to analyze the possible ways to monitor ECBN hazards that can happen because of accidents and terrorist acts using effective monitoring equipment and community preparation, including necessary decontamination and proper personal protective equipment (PPE).

INTENDED AUDIENCE

This report is intended to serve as a valuable resource for all personnel involved in the production and marketing of various types of monitoring equipment, for researchers working in the development of new technologies for monitoring various ECBN hazards, for manufacturers of different types of sensors involved in the manufacture of such monitoring equipment and for military strategists and civil defense planners to prepare for eventualities caused by ECBN hazards.

SCOPE OF REPORT

This report concentrates on the global and regional markets for technologies involved in the manufacture of different types of ECBN hazard monitoring equipment and the markets for applications in which such monitoring equipment will be utilized, as well as the basic technologies involved in the manufacture of such equipment.  The report also provides profiles of various manufacturers of such monitoring equipment, their market-shares and their research and development (R&D) efforts to cultivate new technologies and equipment for better monitoring of ECBN hazards.  The report also provides information concerning different patents on the technologies and monitoring equipment, along with a patent analysis.

INFORMATION SOURCES

Both primary and secondary research methods were used in preparing this report.  Primary information sources for this market research include individuals within companies, various research organizations, governmental agencies and trade associations.

Secondary research includes extensive literature reviews, such as trade journals, seminar proceedings, patent literature, company literature, published reports and government publications.  Additional secondary research sources include databases, trade literature, specialized journals and government statistics.

ANALYST CREDENTIALS

Srinivasa Rajaram is a mechanical engineer with more than 40 years of experience in designing factory layouts and setting up factories.  He was senior vice president of M/S Schenck Avery Ltd., an Indo-German joint venture and has authored several technology market research reports for BCC Research.

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DISCLAIMER

The author assumes no liability for the reported information or for its use.  The developed information is intended to be as reliable as possible and of a professional nature.  The author assumes no liability for any loss or damage as a result of any reliance on any materials or any information developed.  This is not a legal or accounting document and much of the information is of a speculative nature.