October 7, 2023

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US moves closer to underground testing of nuclear weapons stockpile without any actual explosions

Scientists charged with making sure the United States’ aging stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go, if needed, say they’ll start shipping key components to the Nevada desert next year. Energy Department officials announced Thursday they’ve started assembling the most complex piece of the ambitious Scorpius project at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico…
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