DOE simulates nuclear explosion; GAO faults ignition facility

Article Abstract:

The US Department of Energy's Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative successfully modeled a thermonuclear reaction in three dimensions for the first time in July 2000. The Los Alamos and Livermore-based research project had been criticized by the General Accounting Office.

Research, Models, Investigations, United States. Department of Energy, United States. Department of Energy. Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States. Government Accountability Office, Hydrogen bomb, Hydrogen bombs

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Defense bill bars unilateral nuclear reductions, orders posture review

Article Abstract:

The Oct 30, 2000 signing of the 2001 National Defense Authorization Act effectively barred the US from lowering nuclear warhead counts below START I levels, despite the fact that Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush's promise unilaterally reduce nuclear forces in May 2000.

Laws, regulations and rules, Bush, George W., Arms control, Nuclear arms control, Defense spending, 2001 AD

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