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A restart of nuclear testing offers little scientific value to the US and would benefit other countries

  • Written by Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, Scientist-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor, Middlebury
A restart of nuclear testing offers little scientific value to the US and would benefit other countriesHundreds of nuclear weapons have been tested by the U.S. since WWII, but newer science has replaced the need for live detonations. Galerie Bilderwelt / Hulton Archive via Getty Images

July 15, 2020 marks 75 years since the detonation of the first nuclear bomb. The Trinity Test, in New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert, proved that the design...

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