U.S. to Conduct Subcritical Nuclear Test Today

Scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory are expected today to conduct an underground subcritical nuclear experiment at the Nevada Test Site, according to the Associated Press (see GSN, Nov. 20, 2002).

The “Armando” test would involve detonating high explosives around plutonium encased in a steel sphere and measuring the plutonium’s reaction, AP reported. The test is the 21st subcritical experiment to be conducted at the Nevada Test Site (Associated Press/Yahoo!News, May 24)

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