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Responders provide technical expertise in case of nuclear weapons accidents

November 28, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Decades ago, technical experts from the national labs responded in an ad hoc manner to accidents involving nuclear weapons, called “broken arrows.” Thirty-two such accidents have occurred since the 1950s, so the Accident Response Group was created about five decades ago to provide technical expertise in assessing...
Photo of Ryan Kristensen, a member of the Accident Response Group.