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PRecursors of ExplosiVes: Additives to Inhibit their use including Liquids

Periodic Report Summary - PREVAIL (Precursors of explosives: Additives to inhibit their use including liquids)

The PREVAIL project is the first one of its kind. The tasks PREVAIL are trying to solve are all very complicated and difficult ones. Much of the work performed so far in PREVAIL and all of the results are classified and will not be explained in detail in this report. PREVAIL has, despite these difficulties, already shown the proof of principle of the innovative ideas that were posted in the proposal. This means that we have candidate inhibitor substances that show a chemical inhibition effect when added to the target precursors. We have also identified possible markers and selected two different technologies that we will continue to develop in respect to the problem with non-detectable HMEs made from fertilisers. Through the work package dedicated on getting the industry involved in the project and also, due to having some of the major industries represented within the PREVAIL consortium, we have established successful contacts with the industry. This means that we have had representatives from the industry at our workshops. We have been invited to present the project to the major industry groups. We have even had an extra workshop dedicated to the fertiliser coating industry. On this workshop, we had representatives from all the major coatings manufacturers in Europe, something that had never been accomplished before. The major output from this workshop was the supply of pure coating cocktails from all manufacturers for us to test with our detector systems and also the promise that they will add the final selection of marker in their processes. All this indicates the awareness from industry that this project is important in order to reduce the threat from illegal uses of their products.