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Sowing nuclear misconceptions

In its recent deliberations over the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the US Senate was not well served by the directors of the US weapons laboratories.

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Figure 2: Activities in which “findings” of possible weapon defects were discovered from 1958 to the end of testing in 19921.

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Gottfried, K. Sowing nuclear misconceptions. Nature 403, 131–133 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35003046

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