Too Close for Comfort: Cases of Near Nuclear Use and Opti...
Lewis, Patricia / Pelopidas, Benoit / Williams, Heather Cases of near nuclear use due to misunderstanding demonstrate the importance of the human judgment factor in nuclear decisionmaking. This report applies a risk lens, based on factoring probability and consequence, to a set of cases of near use and instances of sloppy practices from 1962 to 2013.