Nuclear testing won’t lead to "mushroom cloud"— US Energy secretary
(MENAFN) US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday that recent directives from President Donald Trump to resume nuclear weapons testing will not result in a “mushroom cloud,” emphasizing that the planned exercises are system checks rather than live detonations.
“I think the tests we're talking about right now are system tests... These are not nuclear explosions. These are what we call noncritical explosions,” Wright told a media organization, explaining Trump’s announcement last week instructing the Pentagon to “immediately” begin nuclear tests. He added that the tests are designed to examine “all the other parts of a nuclear weapon to make sure they deliver the appropriate geometry and they set up the nuclear explosion.”
“This is not something where people who live in the Nevada desert should expect to see a mushroom cloud at some point," Wright said, reassuring local residents.
Trump’s directive marks the first move toward nuclear testing in the US in 33 years, following decades of reliance on computer simulations. The announcement comes amid international developments, with Russian officials stating that Moscow would consider conducting nuclear tests if other nations do so. Russian authorities recently tested a nuclear-powered cruise missile and an autonomous torpedo but have not detonated an actual nuclear weapon.
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