New Explosive Cores for Nuclear Weapons Unnecessary, Scientists Say
May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 28 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release:
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New Explosive Cores for Nuclear Weapons Unnecessary, Scientists Say
As the United States prepares to spend as much as $38 billion to produce hundreds of new explosive cores, called plutonium pits, to arm new nuclear weapons, a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) argues new pits aren't necessary to ma . . .
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New Explosive Cores for Nuclear Weapons Unnecessary, Scientists Say
As the United States prepares to spend as much as $38 billion to produce hundreds of new explosive cores, called plutonium pits, to arm new nuclear weapons, a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) argues new pits aren't necessary to ma . . .