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nuclear testing

The testing of atomic bombs (see also atomic bomb) by exploding them either above or below ground. (See Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.)

But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.
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He used negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program as an example.
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Gordon G. Chang is a Forbes.com columnist and the author of Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World.
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Binding the resolution of my case to progress in the nuclear negotiations is profoundly unjust.
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“Heavy water”, or D2O, is even less common in nature, though nuclear engineers make and use it in some reactors.
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Upon careful inspection, however, delicate nuclear bands connecting the parts can usually be seen.
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The position tried him sorely, testing his new strength from such amazing and unexpected angles.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Within a few more months he determined on constructing an engine for the purpose of more accurately testing those views.
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The idea delighted her, and she closed her fingers in a tight grip as if testing their possibilities.
Those Dale Girls|Frank Weston Carruth
They seldom have an opportunity of testing it; Professor Towne has a pure heart and he has brains.
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