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nuclear incident
gen.	incident nucléaire
nucl.phys.	accident nucléaire
English thesaurus
nuclear incident
mil.	An unexpected event involving a nuclear weapon, facility, or component, but not constituting a nuclear weapons accident
mil., logist.	An unexpected event involving a nuclear weapon, facility, or component, but not constituting a nuclear weapons accident. (FRA)
USA	An unexpected incident involving a nuclear weapon, facility, or component, but not constituting a nuclear weapons accident, resulting in any of the following: a. an increase in the possibility of explosion or radioactive contamination; b. errors committed in the assembly, testing, loading, or transportation of equipment, and/or the malfunctioning of equipment and materiel which could lead to an unintentional operation of all or part of the weapon arming and/or firing sequence, or which could lead to a substantial change in yield, or increased dud probability; and c. any act of God, unfavorable environment, or condition resulting in damage to the weapon, facility, or component (JP 3-41)