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TRANSTUN Project Set to Develop CBRN Risk Mitigation Tools for Cross-Border Tunnels

Credit: CBRNE Central

SAFE-Europe, the Lead partner of the TRANSnational TUNnel operational CBRN risk mitigation (TRANSTUN) consortium, invited project partners to a two-day official kick-off meeting in Lyon, France from 15-16 Oct.

TRANSTUN is a public-private initiative to address preparedness and risk mitigation for chemical threat events (natural or man-made) in cross-border tunnels.

According to the SAFE-Europe website, the TRANSTUN Partnership includes participants from Italy (including the University of Tor Vergata and the support of Italian Firefighters), Spain (Novadays, as well as several end-users in the area of CBRN) and France (Ouvry, Lyon Hospital, several first responders).

The project officially started 1st October and will last for a total of 20 months, with a budget of approximately 1.1M€ from the EU Commission in the scope of the Internal Security Fund – Police (ISFP).

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