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1. Broken Arrow (20th Century Fox, 1996) 

 

2. Rudolph Herzog, A Short History of Nuclear Folly 213- 214 (Melville House 2013) 

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3. Evan Andrews, What is a Broken Arrow?, History (August 22, 2018)  https://www.history.com/news/what-is-a-broken-arrow

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4. Arms Control Association, Arms Control and Proliferation Profile: The United States (Last visited November 18, 2020),  https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/unitedstatesprofile#nuclear 

 

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5. U.S. Air Force, B-52 bombing during the Vietnam War, Encyclopaedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/technology/B-52#/media/1/47142/108964 (last visited November 18, 2020) 

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6. Charles Levy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, Atomic Cloud Rises Over Nagasaki, Japan,  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nagasakibomb.jpg (last visited November 18, 2020) 

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Mapping Broken Arrows

Broken Arrows on or Near Sovereign Ground 

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​7. March 11, 1958 - South Carolin​​a

Rudolph Herzog, A Short History of Nuclear Folly 198-199 (Melville House 2013) 

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8. February 5, 1958 - Georgia

Alex Shephard, List of Broken Arrow Nuclear Accidents, Business Insider (May 23, 2013)  https://www. businessinsider.com/list-of-broken-arrow-nuclear-accidents-2013-5

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9. January 24, 1961 - North Carolina

Alex Shephard, List of Broken Arrow Nuclear Accidents, Business Insider (May 23, 2013)  https://www. businessinsider.com/list-of-broken-arrow-nuclear-accidents-2013-5

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Rudolph Herzog, A Short History of Nuclear Folly 199-200 (Melville House 2013) 

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10. November 10, 1950 - Quebec

Alex Shephard, List of Broken Arrow Nuclear Accidents, Business Insider (May 23, 2013)  https://www. businessinsider.com/list-of-broken-arrow-nuclear-accidents-2013-5

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11. July 27, 1956 - Suffolk, England

Alex Shephard, List of Broken Arrow Nuclear Accidents, Business Insider (May 23, 2013)  https://www. businessinsider.com/list-of-broken-arrow-nuclear-accidents-2013-5​

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Erin Schlosser, Nuclear Weapons: An Accident Waiting to Happen, The Guardian (September 14, 2013), ( https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/14/nuclear-weapons-accident-waiting-to-happen

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12. January 16, 1961 - Suffolk, England 

​Erin Schlosser, Nuclear Weapons: An Accident Waiting to Happen, The Guardian (September 14, 2013), ( https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/14/nuclear-weapons-accident-waiting-to-happen

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13.  February 28, 1958 - - â€‹Greenham Common, England 

​Alex Shephard, List of Broken Arrow Nuclear Accidents, Business Insider (May 23, 2013)  https://www. businessinsider.com/list-of-broken-arrow-nuclear-accidents-2013-5

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​14. January 17, 1966 - Palomares, Spain 

Rudolph Herzog, A Short History of Nuclear Folly 202- 203 (Melville House 2013) 

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​Alex Shephard, List of Broken Arrow Nuclear Accidents, Business Insider (May 23, 2013)  https://www. businessinsider.com/list-of-broken-arrow-nuclear-accidents-2013-5

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 Mapping Broken Arrows Cont. 

15. November 22, 1975 - Sicily, Italy 

​Melisa Healy, Nuclear Risk Alleged in 1975 Ship Blasts, Los Angelos Times (May 25, 1989), https://www.latimes. com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-25-mn-714-story.html 

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Bryan Brumely, 1975 Fire Came Within 40 Feet of Nuclear Weapons, AP News (May 24, 1989), https://apnews.com/article/7368b8b797be4787e9c28deb155a0e4c

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​Alex Shephard, List of Broken Arrow Nuclear Accidents, Business Insider (May 23, 2013)  https://www. businessinsider.com/list-of-broken-arrow-nuclear-accidents-2013-5

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16. Near Vladivostok, Russia 

​Alex Shephard, List of Broken Arrow Nuclear Accidents, Business Insider (May 23, 2013)  https://www. businessinsider.com/list-of-broken-arrow-nuclear-accidents-2013-5

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17. January 21, 1968 - Near Greenland

Rudolph Herzog, A Short History of Nuclear Folly 202- 203 (Melville House 2013) 

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Timothy J. Jorgenson, 50 years ago, a B-52 crashed in Greenland...with four nuclear bombs on board, Air Force Time (January 23,2018), https://www.airforcetimes.com /news/your-air-force/2018/01/23/50-years-ago-a-b-52-crashed-in-greenland-with-4-nuclear-bombs-on-board/

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Broken Arrows on the High Seas 

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18. ​Alex Shephard, List of Broken Arrow Nuclear Accidents, Business Insider (May 23, 2013)  https://www. businessinsider.com/list-of-broken-arrow-nuclear-accidents-2013-5

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Relevant U.S. Laws and Regulations 

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19. United States Nuclear Regulatory Committee, Governing Legislation, Atomic Energy Act of 1974, as Amended in NUREG-0980, Last visited November 18, 2020, https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/governing-laws.html#energy

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20. Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S. 2121 § 91 (a) 

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21. United States Nuclear Regulatory Committee, Governing Legislation, Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (May 21, 2018), https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/governing-laws.html#energy

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22. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, About the DNFSB (Last visited November 18, 2020), https://www.dnfsb.gov/about

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23. The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters, Chapter 8: Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Matters Handbook 2020,(Last visited November 18, 2020), https://www.acq.osd.mil/ncbdp/nm/nmhb/chapters/chapter8.htm

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24. Clipart Library (Last visited November 18, 2020), http://clipart-library.com/cliparts-nuclear-bomb.html

Broken Arrows in the Digital World 

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25. Andrew Futter, Hacking the Bomb: Cyber Threats and Nuclear Weapons (Georgetown University Press, 2 (Last visited November 18, 2020), http://clipart-library.com/cliparts-nuclear-bomb.html

 

​26. Page O. Stoutland, Samantha Pitts-Kiefer, Nuclear Weapons in the New Cyber Age, NTI, 8 (September 2018),  https://media.nti.org/documents/Cyber_report_ finalsmall.pdf

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27. Clipart Library (Last visited November 18, 2020), http://clipart-library.com/cliparts-nuclear-bomb.html

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