Decontamination of CBRN and Hazmat Incidents Technologies and Global Markets 2011-2016

Publication: Q4 2009, Pages: 243, Figures: 53, Tables: 21 [tab:General Info]

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The unusual combination of the threat of CBRN terrorism and a growing global environmental movement has sparked renewed interest in CBRN and Hazmat decontamination systems. In its latest report, Homeland Security Research Corporation analyzes this resurgent market and forecasts a CAGR of 13.3%, which will move the total market from $2.4 billion in 2009 to $4.5 billion in 2014.

The report analyses and projects the 2010-2014 market and technologies from several perspectives, including:

• Market and technology forecast by modality: (e.g. people decon systems, facility decon systems, indoor and outdoor decon systems, equipment decon systems)
• Market forecast by country/region: (e.g. USA, Europe, Asia, Latin America)
• Government-sponsored R&D

In addition, the report:

• Analyzes the market drivers and inhibitors;
• Provides a competitive analysis;
• Outlines the current and pipeline technologies;
• Details new business opportunities and challenges

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1. Scope	19
1.1. Definition of Decontamination	19
1.2. Scope of This Report	19
1.3. Basic Assumptions	20
1.3.1. Possible Scenario Analysis	20
1.4. Methodology	20
1.4.1. Research Methods	20
1.4.2. Report Structure	21
1.5. Who is This Report For?	21
2. Executive Summary	22
2.1. Main Findings	22
2.2. Main Conclusions	24
2.3. CBRN Terror	26
2.4. Decontaminating Processes	28
2.5. The Decontamination Industry	28
2.6. Global Market: 2010-2014	29
2.7. Technological Challenges	31
3. Global Market – Drivers	32
4. Global Market – Inhibitors	33
5. Competitive Analysis	34
6. Decontamination Industry SWOT Analysis	35
6.1. Scope	35
6.2. Decontamination SWOT Analysis	36
7. Present and Pipeline Decontamination Technologies	37
7.1. Scope	37
7.2. The Decontamination Process	39
7.3. Contaminant Detection and Identification	41
7.3.1. Sample Characterization	41
7.3.2. Isolating the Contaminated Area	41
7.3.3. Designing the Decontamination Strategy	41
7.3.4. Clearance Sampling	43
7.4. Building & People Decontamination	43
7.4.1. People Decontamination	44
7.4.2. Building Decontamination	45
7.5. Decontamination Technologies	48
7.5.1. Core Technologies Overview	48
7.6. Physics- Based Decontamination Technologies	49
7.6.1. Sorbents	49
7.6.2. Solvent-Wash	49
7.6.3. High-Pressure Methods	50
7.6.4. Thermal Methods	50
7.7. Chemistry- Based Decontamination Technologies	51
7.7.1. Oxidizing Agents	51
7.7.2. Strong Bases	52
7.7.3. Surfactants	52
7.7.4. Microemulsions	53
7.8. Biology – Based Technologies	53
7.8.1. Bacterial Decontamination Agents	53
7.9. Decontamination Systems Configurations	55
7.9.1. Scope	55
7.9.2. People Decontamination Systems	55
7.10. Indoor Heavy Equipment Decontamination	61
7.10.1. Building and Infrastructure Decontamination Systems	61
7.10.2. Fumigation Decontamination Systems	61
7.10.3. External Foam / Gel Sprayers	62
7.11. New Technologies – Drivers	63
7.12. New Technologies – Inhibitors	64
8. Stockpiling Decontamination Agents & Equipment	65
9. Global CBRN Terror & Hazmat Decontamination Market Forecast: 2010-2014	66
9.1. Market Overview	66
9.2. Market Forecast	68
9.3. Global Decontamination Equipment Market: 2010-2014	72
9.3.1. CBRN Contamination Detection Systems Market Forecast	76
9.3.2. Equipment & Buildings Decontamination Systems Market Forecast	77
9.3.3. Global People Decontamination Systems Market Forecast	79
10. The US Market: 2010-2014	81
10.1. The Obama Administration Strategy	81
10.2. Drivers	82
10.3. Inhibitors	83
10.4. Market Forecast	84
11. Germany, the UK, France and Italy Markets: 2010-2014	88
11.1. Market Drivers	89
11.2. Market Inhibitors	90
11.3. Market Forecast	90
12. China, India, Taiwan, Middle East and Japan Market: 2010-2014	92
12.1. Market Drivers	94
12.2. Market Inhibitors	94
12.3. Market Forecast	95
13. Latin American Market: 2010-2014	97
13.1. Market Drivers	98
13.2. Market Inhibitors	99
13.3. Market Forecast	99
14. Rest of the World Market: 2010-2014	101
14.1. Market Drivers	102
14.2. Market Inhibitors	103
14.3. Market Forecast	103
15. Global Decontamination Equipment Service & Upgrade Market: 2010-2014	105
15.1. U.S. Service & Upgrade Market: 2010-2014	109
15.2. Germany, UK, France and Italy Service & Upgrade Market: 2010-2014	110
15.3. China, India, Taiwan, Japan and the Middle East Service & Upgrade Market -2010-2014	112
15.4. Latin American Service & Upgrade Market -2010-2014	113
15.5. ROW Service & Upgrade Market: 2010-2014	115
16. Business Opportunities and Challenges: 2010-2014	117
16.1. A Market Waiting for Transition	117
16.1.1. HLS Decontamination Strategy – Outlook	118
16.1.2. Factors Affecting Decontamination Systems Business Opportunities	118
16.2. Technology Performance Challenges	119
16.2.1. Challenge One: Time	119
16.2.2. Challenge Two: Decontamination Level	120
16.2.3. Challenge Three: Accurate Contamination Simulations	120
16.2.4. Challenge Four: Cost of Decontamination	120
16.2.5. Challenge Five: Environmentally Unfriendly Materials	120
16.2.6. Challenge Six: Transport and Storage	120
16.2.7. Challenge Seven: Radioactive Decontamination	120
16.3. Business Opportunities for Decontamination Systems	121
16.3.1. Business Opportunity One	121
16.3.2. Business Opportunity Two	122
16.3.3. Business Opportunity Three	122
16.3.4. Business Opportunity Four	122
16.3.5. Business Opportunity Five	122
16.3.6. Business Opportunity Six	123
16.3.7. Business Opportunity Seven	123
16.4. Radiological Decontamination Technologies	123
16.4.1. Business Opportunity Eight	123
16.4.2. Business Opportunity Nine	124
16.4.3. Business Opportunity Ten	124
16.4.4. Business Opportunity Eleven	124
16.4.5. Business Opportunity Twelve	125
16.5. Chemical-Biological Decontamination Technologies and Business Opportunities	126
16.5.1. Business Opportunity Thirteen	126
16.5.2. Business Opportunity Fourteen	126
16.5.3. Business Opportunity Fifteen	127
16.5.4. Business Opportunity Sixteen	127
16.5.5. Business Opportunity Seventeen	127
16.5.6. Business Opportunity Eighteen	128
16.5.7. Business Opportunity Nineteen	128
16.5.8. Business Opportunity Twenty	128
16.5.9. Business Opportunity Twenty-one	129
16.6. Contamination Simulation Algorithms	129
16.6.1. Business Opportunity Twenty-two	129
17. CBRN Decontamination RDT&E Programs & Funding: 2010-2014	130
17.1. Summary & Outlook	130
17.2. CBRN Decontamination R&D Funding Opportunities by U.S. Agencies: 2010-2014	131
17.2.1. EPA CBRN Decontamination R&D	133
17.2.2. DOD – CBRN Decontamination HLS R&D	134
17.2.3. DHS – CBRN Decontamination HLS R&D	135
17.2.4. DOE – CBRN Decontamination R&D	135
17.2.5. TSWG – CBRN Decontamination R&D	136
17.3. U.S. Federal, Academia and Private Sector R&D Funding Opportunities: 2010-2014	137
17.4. R&D Funding Drivers	142
17.5. R&D Funding Inhibitors	142
17.6. DHS R&D Programs	143
17.6.1. Response and Recovery	143
17.6.2. Decontamination of Porous Surfaces after a Radiological Attack	143
17.6.3. Expedient Mitigation of a Radiological Release	143
17.7. DARPA (DOD) – Decontamination HLS R&D Programs	144
17.7.1. Immune Buildings	144
17.7.2. External Protection	145
17.8. CBDP (DOD) – Decontamination HLS R&D Programs	145
17.8.1. Project CB1 – Decontamination	145
17.8.2. Project CB2 – Decontamination	145
17.8.3. Project CB3 Biological Defense (ATD) – Decontamination	146
17.9. Army (DOD) – Decontamination HLS R&D Programs	147
17.9.1. Environmental Quality Technology	147
17.10. DOE – Decontamination HLS R&D Programs	149
17.10.1. Environmental Remediation Science Research	149
17.11. EPA – Decontamination HLS R&D Programs	150
17.11.1. Water Infrastructure Decontamination	151
17.11.2. Threat and Consequence Assessment	151
17.11.3. Nonstandard Methods	151
17.11.4. Decontamination for Buildings, Large Structures, and Outdoor Areas	151
17.11.5. Toxicity, Infectivity, and Mechanism of Action	152
17.12. TSWG – Decontamination HLS R&D Programs	152
17.12.1. Statistical Design Tool for Sampling Contaminated Buildings	152
17.12.2. Decontamination	152
18. Decontamination Vendors and Products	153
18.1. Decontamination Systems	153
18.1.1. Allen-Vanguard Corporation	153
18.1.2. Andax	154
18.1.3. Base-X Inc.	154
18.1.4. Bio Defense Corporation	155
18.1.5. BIOQUELL, Inc.	155
18.1.6. ClorDi Sys Solutions, Inc	155
18.1.7. Container Products Corp.	155
18.1.8. CRDS – TVI Corporation	156
18.1.9. Crest Ultrasonics Corp.	156
18.1.10. Cryogenesis	156
18.1.11. DQE, Inc.	157
18.1.12. DuPont Personal Protection	157
18.1.13. Environmental Fire Solutions, Inc.	157
18.1.14. Equipment Management Company	158
18.1.15. Fend- All	158
18.1.16. First Line Technology, LLC	158
18.1.17. Flangler Emergency Services, LLC	159
18.1.18. Foster-Miller, Inc.	159
18.1.19. FSI North America	159
18.1.20. GenV- Clean Earth Technologies, LLC	160
18.1.21. Global Ground Support	160
18.1.22. Hughes Safety Showers Ltd.	161
18.1.23. Intelgard, Inc.	162
18.1.24. Karcher Futuretech GmbH	162
18.1.25. Life Safety Systems, Inc.	164
18.1.26. Matthews Specialty Vehicles, Inc	165
18.1.27. Mobile Air Applied Science, Inc.	165
18.1.28. Modec, Inc	165
18.1.29. Nor E First Response, Inc.	166
18.1.30. OWR AG	166
18.1.31. Precision Lift, Inc.	167
18.1.32. Reeves EMS, LLC	167
18.1.33. RFD Beaufort	168
18.1.34. RMC Medical	168
18.1.35. Survival, Inc.	168
18.1.36. SWEDE	168
18.1.37. TSGI USA	169
18.1.38. TVI Corporation	169
18.1.39. Ultimate Survival Technologies	170
18.1.40. US Foam Technologies, Inc	170
18.1.41. Wel-Fab Inc.	171
18.1.42. Western Shelter Systems	171
18.1.43. Zimek Technologies, LLC	171
18.1.44. Zumro, Inc.	171
18.2. Other Decontamination Hardware	172
18.2.1. Aero Tec Laboroatories Inc.	172
18.2.2. Air Systems International	172
18.2.3. Akron Brass Co.	172
18.2.4. Allen-Vanguard, Inc	172
18.2.5. Applied Surface Technologies	173
18.2.6. BCDS, Inc.	173
18.2.7. ClorDi Sys Solutions, Inc.	173
18.2.8. Crestline Industries	173
18.2.9. Cryogenesis	174
18.2.10. Cryokinetics	174
18.2.11. DQE, Inc.	174
18.2.12. EFT	175
18.2.13. Equipment Management Company	176
18.2.14. E-Z-EM, Inc.	176
18.2.15. Fend-All	176
18.2.16. First Line Technology, LLC	177
18.2.17. FSI North America	177
18.2.18. Genecor International, Inc.	177
18.2.19. Guild Associates, Inc.	177
18.2.20. Haws Corporation	178
18.2.21. Hydro-Therm	178
18.2.22. IET, Inc.	178
18.2.23. Intelgard	178
18.2.24. Kappler, Inc	179
18.2.25. Karcher Futuretech	179
18.2.26. Minuteman International, Inc.	179
18.2.27. Miti Manufacturing Co. Inc.	180
18.2.28. Mobile Air Applied Science, Inc.	180
18.2.29. Modec Inc.	180
18.2.30. MorTan Inc.	180
18.2.31. Nano Scale	181
18.2.32. Nor E First Response, Inc.	181
18.2.33. NPS Corporataion	181
18.2.34. OWR AG	181
18.2.35. Radiation Decontamination Solutions, LLC	182
18.2.36. RAPID Deployment Products Inc.	182
18.2.37. Red Head Brass, LLC	182
18.2.38. Reeves EMS	183
18.2.39. Reliapon	183
18.2.40. RMC Medical	184
18.2.41. Sabre Technical Services	184
18.2.42. Slate Enterprises, Inc.	184
18.2.43. SteriFx, Inc	184
18.2.44. Steris Corporation	184
18.2.45. Swede	185
18.2.46. TECWAR® Tactical Water Purification Systems	185
18.2.47. Tempest Technology, Inc.	185
18.2.48. TVI Corporation	185
19. Guidelines for Decontamination Equipment Procurement	186
19.1. Decontamination Equipment Selection Factors	186
19.2. Commercial Decontaminants Prices & Performance	190
19.3. Liquid Decontamination Delivery Systems: Prices & Performance	192
19.4. Gaseous Decontamination Delivery Systems: Prices & Performance	195
19.5. Decontamination Shower Systems: Prices & Performance	196
19.6. Decontamination Shower Hardware: Prices & Performance	199
19.7. Decontamination Kits: Prices & Performance	200
19.8. Decontamination Containment Hardware: Prices & Performance	201
19.9. Decontamination Support Equipment: Prices & Performance	202
20. Appendix A: CBRN Terror	203
20.1. Biological Terror	203
20.1.1. Bio-Weapons – Historical Perspective	204
20.1.2. Biological Terror – Bacterial Agents	206
20.2. Nuclear-Radiological Terror	219
20.2.1. How Real is the Nuclear Threat?	219
20.2.2. Nuclear Terror	220
20.2.3. Radiological Dispersal Devices (RDD)	220
20.3. Chemical Terror	222
20.3.1. Nerve Agents	222
21. Appendix B: Patent Review	228
21.1. Scope	228
21.2. Decontamination Technology Patents	228
22. Appendix C: Decontamination Legal Issues	240
22.1. International Legislation/Agreements	240
22.1.1. The Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) – 1970	240
22.1.2. The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) – 1972	240
22.1.3. Convention for the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material – 1987	241
22.1.4. Chemicals Weapons Convention – 1992	241
22.2. U.S. Legislation	242
22.2.1. U.S. Code Title 50, Chapter 40 – Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction	242
22.2.2. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) – 1996	242
22.2.3. Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States – 2001	243
22.2.4. Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act – 2002	243
22.2.5. Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), 2006	244
22.2.6. Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21	244

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List of Figures

Figure 1 – The Bio Attack Response Timeline

Figure 2 – CBRN Terror Identification Roadmap

Figure 3 – Global CBRN Terror & Hazmat Decontamination Equipment & Service Market [$ Million] – 2010-2014

Figure 4 – Global CBRN Terror & Hazmat Decontamination Equipment & Service Market [$ Million] – 2009 & 2014

Figure 5 – Competitive Analysis

Figure 6 – Decontamination Industry SWOT Analysis

Figure 7 – Comparison in Weight of Pathogens between BW Agents and CW Agents [mg]

Figure 8 – Closed Area (e.g., building) Decontamination Boundaries

Figure 9 – Open Area Decontamination Boundaries

Figure 10 – Decontamination Corridor

Figure 11 – Basic Facility Decontamination Process

Figure 12 – CBRN Scene – Decontamination Diagram

Figure 13 – People Decontamination Triage Decision Tree

Figure 14 – The FBI CBRN Terror& Hazmat Response Teams Deployment Map

Figure 15 – Decontamination Core Technologies Overview

Figure 16 – Skin Decontaminate Lotion, Anachemia Canada, Inc.

Figure 17 – Decontamination Kit, Personal No. 2, Mark 1, Richmond Packaging (U.K.) Ltd.

Figure 18 – Portaflex Decontamination Shower System, High Safety Showers USA

Figure 19 – K4-05 High Purity, Applied Surface Technologies, USE

Figure 20 – Decocontain 3000, Karcher, Germany 2010-2014

Figure 21 – Global Decontamination Equipment, Service and Upgrade Market by Modalities [$ Millions] – 2008-2014

Figure 22 – Global Decontamination Equipment, Service and Upgrade Markets by Modalities [%] – 2009 & 2014

Figure 23 – Global Decontamination Equipment & Service Market [$ Million] by Region – 2010-2014

Figure 24 – Global CBRN & Hazmat Incidents Decontamination Equipment & Service Market [%] by Region – 2009, 2011, 2014

Figure 25 – Global Decontamination Equipment Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Figure 26 – Global Decontamination Equipment Market by Modality Share [%] – 2009, 2011, 2014

Figure 27 – Global Decontamination Equipment Market [$ Million] by Countries/Regions – 2008-2014

Figure 28 – Global Contamination Detection Systems Market [$ Million] by Region – 2008-2014

Figure 29 – Global CBRN Terror & Hazmat Incidents Equipment & Buildings Decontamination Systems Market [$ Million] by Region – 2008-2014

Figure 30 – Global People Decontamination Systems Market [$ Million] by Countries/Regions – 2008-2014

Figure 31 – US CBRN Terror & Hazmat Incidents Decontamination Equipment & Service Markets by Modalities [%] – 2009 & 2014

Figure 32 – US Decontamination Equipment Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Figure 33 – US Decontamination Equipment Market by Modality market Share [%] – 2009, 2011, 2014

Figure 34 – German, UK, French and Italian Decontamination Equipment Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Figure 35 – China, India, Taiwan, Middle East and Japan Decontamination Equipment Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Figure 36 – Latin American Equipment Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Figure 37 – ROW CBRN Terror & Hazmat Incidents Decontamination Equipment Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Figure 38 – Global CBRN Terror & Hazmat Incidents Decontamination Equipment Service & Upgrade Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Figure 39 – Global Service & Upgrade Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2009, 2011 & 2014

Figure 40 – Global Service & Upgrade Market [$ Million] by Region – 2008-2014

Figure 41 – U.S. Service & Upgrade Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Figure 42 – Germany, the UK, France and Italian Service & Upgrade Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Figure 43 – China, India, Taiwan, Japan and the Middle East Service & Upgrade Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Figure 44 – Latin American Service & Upgrade Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Figure 45 – ROW Service & Upgrade Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Figure 46 – The US Bio-Chem Capstone IPT Structure

Figure 47 – Schematic of the ISOTRON System

Figure 48 – CBRN Decontamination Federal HLS R&D Funding Forecast by Major Departments [$ Million] – 2008-2014

Figure 49 – CBRN Decontamination Federal HLS R&D Funding Forecast by Major Departments Share [%] – 2008, 2011 & 2014

Figure 50 – EPA CBRN Decontamination HLS R&D Budget Forecast [$ Million] – 2008-2014

Figure 51 – DOD Decontamination R&D Budget Forecast [$ Million] – 2008-2014

Figure 52 – DHS – Decontamination R&D Budget Forecast [$ Million] – 2008-2014

Figure 53 – DOE – Decontamination R&D Budget Forecast [$ Million] – 2008-2014

Figure 54 – TSWG – Decontamination R&D Budget Forecast [$ Million] – 2008-2014

Figure 55 – CBRN Decontamination Federal HLS R&D Funding Opportunities Forecast by Sector [$ Million] – 2008-2014

Figure 56 – CBRN Decontamination Federal HLS R&D Funding Share by Sector [%] – 2008, 2011 and 2014

Figure 57 – CBRN Decontamination Federal HLS R&D Private Sector Funding [$ Million] – 2008-2014

Figure 58 – CBRN Decontamination Federal HLS R&D Academia Sector Funding [$ Million] – 2008-2014

Figure 59 – CBRN Decontamination Federal HLS R&D Government Sector Funding Opportunities Forecast [$ Million] – 2008-2014

Figure 60 – Categories of the Bio-threat Divides

Figure 61 – The Spraying of Anthrax from Aum Shinrikyo’s Headquarters June 1993

Figure 62 – Anthrax Spores and Disease

Figure 63 – Cholera Bacteria

Figure 64 – Pneumonic Plague – the Disease

Figure 65 – Tularemia the Disease

Figure 66 – Smallpox Virus and Disease

Figure 67 – Ebola Virus – Electron Microscopy Image

Figure 68 – VEE – Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus in the Olfactory Mucosa of a Mouse

Figure 69 – Q Fever

Figure 70 – Typhus Microbe – Electron Microscopy Image

Figure 71 – Castor Plant and Structure for the Ricin Toxin

Figure 72 – The Dinoflagellate Alexandrium Tamarense and Structure of Saxitoxin

Figure 73 – A Simulation of the Impact of the Explosion of a 500 Curie Co60 Dirty Bomb in Downtown Manhattan

Figure 74 – Categories of the Chemical Divides

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List of Tables

Table 1 – Global CBRN Terror & Hazmat Decontamination Equipment & Service Market [$ Million] – 2010-2014

Table 2 – Global CBRN Terror & Hazmat Decontamination Equipment & Service Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2019-2014

Table 3 – Global Decontamination Equipment, Service and Upgrade Markets [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Table 4 – Global Decontamination Equipment, Service and Upgrade Market [%] by Modalities – 2008-2014

Table 5 – Global CBRN Terror & Hazmat Decontamination Equipment & Service Market [$ Million] by Countries/Regions – 2010-2014

Table 6 – Global Equipment Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Table 7 – Global Equipment Market Shares [%] by Modality – 2008-2014

Table 8 – Global Decontamination Equipment Market [$ Million] by Countries/Regions – 2008-2014

Table 9 – Global Contamination Detection Systems Market [$ Million] by Countries/Regions – 2010-2014

Table 10 – Global Equipment & Buildings Decontamination Systems Market [$ Million] by Countries/Regions – 2008-2014

Table 11 – Global People Decontamination Systems Market [$ Million] by Countries/Regions – 2008-2014

Table 12 – US Decontamination Equipment & Service Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Table 13 – US Decontamination Equipment Market [$ Million] by Modality – 2008-2014

Table 14 – US Decontamination Equipment Market Shares [%] b