Nuclear Weapons

October 19, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In the unlikely event of a severe nuclear power plant accident such as a reactor core meltdown, the steel pressure vessel that holds the uranium rods at the heart of a nuclear plant is designed to withstand extremely high internal pressures and temperatures...

September 18, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Next week researchers at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories will “test to failure” a structure that took three years to build.

September 5, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Believing the world is a more dangerous place than it was during the Cold War, the US public in a recent survey said it believes nuclear weapons continue to help maintain national security and supports maintaining the quality of the stockpile. At the same...