Delays,equipment shortages, coordination and communication failures revealed in official assessments of exercises
Three top-secret mock nuclear accidents that were staged to test the responses of the military and emergency services have revealed many mistakes that would have led to avoidable deaths”, and according to official assessments.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) was so concerned about the problems that it carried out “an overarching,fundamental review” behind closed doors final year of arrangements for handling serious nuclear weapons incidents.
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Source: theguardian.com