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Friday, April 8, 2011

U.S. Nuclear-Disaster Preparedness Hobbled by Uncertain Chain of Command

U.S. Nuclear-Disaster Preparedness Hobbled by Uncertain Chain of Command

If the United States faced a nuclear disaster, local governments would automatically take charge, followed by federal authorities if the crisis grew too big for local responders to handle. But this system has a flaw: The nation's emergency plans [1] don't spell out when or how the transfer of authority would be handled, even though small delays could put thousands of lives at risk. 

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