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Published online 15 September 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040913-9

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Nuclear weapons research

Need for new bomb tests questioned.

Late in 2002, the Bush administration proposed controversial plans to begin work on new designs for nuclear weapons. The idea has prompted fierce scientific and political opposition ever since.

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