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Activities of the Russian Federal Medical-Biological Agency Related to Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Security--Vladimir V. Romanov
Pages 339-342

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... Celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2007, FMBA is the successor of the Third Main Administration of the USSR Ministry of Health, which was organized in 1947 to provide medical and sanitary-hygiene support for efforts to create nuclear weapons. The administration was later assigned tasks related to monitoring working conditions for chemical weapons industry workers and for handling diseaseprevention measures both for manned space flights and for organizations working with pathogenic microorganisms in hazard classes 1-4.
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From page 340...
... 1745-r of December 16, 2006) , the list of entities served by FMBA includes all of the main radiation-, chemical-, and biological-hazard organizations operating under the auspices of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency, the Federal Industrial Agency, the Federal Oversight Service for the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare, and other executive branch agencies of the federal government and the various jurisdictions in which those organizations are located.
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... It is functionally included in the Federal Atomic Energy Agency's Crisis Center and is responsible for providing support for the activities of FMBA local offices and institutions in the assessment of the radiation situation in areas affected by radiation accidents and in management decision making on emergency response measures by FMBA subunits. FMBA's accumulated expertise and the many research developments it has made in the areas of radiation, chemical, and biological safety must undoubtedly be used to protect the population of the Russian Federation from the current level of terrorist threats.
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