nuclear testing

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1. The testing of nuclear weapons. (See Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.)

nuclear testing

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

Example Sentences

There have been exceptions, such as the 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty, which bars nuclear testing in the atmosphere, outer space or underwater.

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The American Nuclear Society noted that, “Cesium-137 is detectable in shrimp originating from the Pacific Ocean due to past nuclear testing and accidents.”

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The photos were a sensation, humiliating the French government and leading it to abandon atmospheric nuclear testing in the region.

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Bonlieu and her office mates were working to support this planned action at Moruroa, where the Rainbow Warrior would lead a convoy of ships to call attention to the lasting damage done by French nuclear testing—still conducted underground and underwater—to the fragile atoll.

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Opération Satanique would, in some respects, succeed: The Rainbow Warrior would never lead a flotilla to protest French nuclear testing.

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