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Weapon AccidentNuclear Weapon Accident-Incident Exercise

Nuclear weapon accident-incident exercise-11 was conducted Nov. 6-9, 2010, at the US Navy submarine base in Kings Bay, Ga., and naval air station in Jacksonville, Fla. The focus of this exercise was response to "loss-of-control" involving US nuclear weapons and subsequent recovery and render-safe operations. The exercise involved 1,800 participants from DOE/NNSA, DoD, DOJ, and a variety of local, state, and federal agencies. Sandia deployed 18 responders to the field locations, 36 home-team personnel, and 10 exercise controllers.