2017 Washington nuclear scare

The 2017 Washington nuclear scare occurred on January 23, 2017, when a truck carrying three cesium-137 irradiators in the Washington Metropolitan Area outside of Washington, D.C. missed two checkpoints and its tracking system went offline. Acting U.S. President Claire Underwood, U.S. President Frank Underwood and other members of the National Security Council were subsequently evacuated from the White House to the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC).
The incident occurred while the House of Representatives began recasting ballots to elect a president after they continuously deadlocked days earlier, sparking a constitutional crisis. All members of the National Security Council evacuated to the PEOC, except for director of National Intelligence Vanessa Morrison. Skeptical, Underwood left the bunker and confronted Morrison, during which he learned that there was no missing radioactive truck and the incident was fabricated by chairman of the joint chiefs Max Braegher in an attempt to help Republican Will Conway win the contingent election by keeping Underwood in the bunker. Braegher had a personal relationship with the Republican vice presidential nominee, Ted Brockhart, who was previously vice chairman of the joint chiefs.
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