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Nuclear weapon(s) accident

Nuclear weapon(s) accident is an unexpected incident, involving nuclear weapons or radiological nuclear weapon components that results in any of the following;

a. accidental or unauthorized launching, firing, or use by United States forces or United States supported allied forces of a nuclear-capable weapon system that could create the risk of an outbreak of war;

b. nuclear detonation;

c. nonnuclear detonation or burning of a nuclear weapon or radiological nuclear weapon component;

d. radioactive contamination;

e.  seizure, theft, loss, or destruction of a nuclear weapon or radiological nuclear weapon component, including jettisoning; and

f. public hazard, actual or implied.

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