Substack Daily Updates – 5-27-25
Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:
Short Takes – 5-27-25 – Space Geek Edition – Orbital transfer vehicle – Auora space plane – Starship 9 launch – Circumbinary planet – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/05/short-takes-5-27-25-space-geek-edition.html
CSB Publishes 2nd Update on BioLab Fire – More details about the fire at the Conyers, GA facility – More information about the water problem – New explosive danger identified – Testing ongoing – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/05/csb-publishes-2nd-update-on-biolab-fire.html
Review – One Advisory Published – 5-27-25 – NCCIC-ICS control system security advisory for products from Johnson Controls – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/05/review-one-advisory-published-5-27-25.html
Review – Neither the House nor Senate is in session but there is one cybersecurity hearing this week – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/05/review-committee-hearings-week-of-5-25.html
Short Takes – 5-27-25 – Italian satellite platform – Boron chemistry in lithium brines – ISS sighting web site to be shut down – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/05/short-takes-5-27-25.html
I posted the following to my social media feeds (X, Mastodon, Substack, and LinkedIn):
I posted the following comment to a LinkedIn discussion about the CSB 2nd update for the Bio-Lab incident investigation: “This is a scary read. Do NOT overlook the discussion about the construction of the warehouse and how it lead to the collapse of the building. Oh, and everyone forgetting the NCl3 decomposition byproduct. This is a 'low-explosive' but it still increases the decomposition threat. And one final note, CSB identified the same deterioration of the brass sprinklers in the 'backup' warehouses being used to store the 'rescued' TCCA.”
I posted the following comment to a LinkedIn discussion about a major chemical incident in China: “Remember the Chinese accident investigations are a much bigger (politically) deal than a CSB chemical incident investigation. They take much less time to complete and the 'responsible' people frequently face death sentences.”