US Conducts Chemical Explosion at Nuclear Test Site on Day Russia Pulls Out of CTBT

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from Sputnik News:

On 18 October, the lower house of the Russian parliament adopted a bill to revoke the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in the third and final reading.
The US has conducted an underground chemical explosion at a test site in Nevada “to improve its ability to detect low-yield nuclear explosions around the world”, according to the US Department of Energy’s press office.

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“These experiments advance our efforts to develop new technology in support of US nuclear non-proliferation goals. They will help reduce global nuclear threats by improving the detection of underground nuclear explosive tests,” said Corey Hinderstein, a spokeswoman for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a division of the US Department of Energy.

The agency said chemical explosives and radioisotope indicators were used in the experiment.
The tests took place on 18 October, the day the lower house of the Russian parliament passed a bill to withdraw ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

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