Department of Homeland Security Dedicates NBACC

FREDERICK, MD. -
The Department of Homeland Security dedicated the $143 million National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., in October of 2008. The 160,000-sf facility will be operated by Battelle National Biodefense Institute. Housing 40,000-sf of BSL-3 research space and 10,000-sf of BSL-4 space, the facility will accommodate 140 scientists when it opens in March of 2009. Construction began on the project in June of 2006.