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nuclear testing

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


nuclear testing 2 Cultural  
  1. The testing of atomic bombs (see also atomic bomb) by exploding them either above or below ground. (See Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.)


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"Past nuclear testing continues to kill today," said NPA chief Raymond Johansen, voicing hope the report would "strengthen the resolve to prevent nuclear weapons from ever being tested or used again".

From Barron's

"The nuclear testing period shows us that the consequences are extremely long-lasting and very serious," she told AFP.

From Barron's

In subsequent decades, Erikson would examine, among others: those living in the invisible shadow of the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster; the Grassy Narrows First Nation in northern Ontario whose waterways had been contaminated with mercury for many years by a paper mill; suburban Coloradans threatened by an underground gas leak; Marshall Islanders exposed to fallout from nuclear testing; Alaska Natives in the vicinity of the Exxon Valdez spill; and New Yorkers after 9/11.

From The Wall Street Journal

Putin on Thursday held out the prospect of Russia and the U.S. working together on regulating nuclear testing, without elaborating, and suggested that could be discussed between aides meeting in Moscow next week.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last month, he also called for the resumption of nuclear testing.

From The Wall Street Journal