US' new nuke testing accelerator is 2.44 million pound, 400-foot long
The linear accelerator being built as part of the Scorpius Advanced Sources and Detection (ASD) project will be longer than a football field.
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The linear accelerator being built as part of the Scorpius Advanced Sources and Detection (ASD) project will be longer than a football field.
Bob Webster, deputy Los Alamos National Laboratory director for Weapons (far right); Mike Furlanetto, Scorpius Advanced Sources and Detection project director (center); and Geoffrey Zehnder, project engineer (far left); discuss the prototype module Lab employees constructed for Scorpius' first accelerator cells and modules. The game-changing Scorpius accelerator will be instrumental in maintaining the nuclear stockpile.…
The $1.8 billion Scorpius project will usher in a new era in nuclear weapons testing.
Scientists charged with making sure the United States' aging stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go, if needed, say they’ll start shipping key components to the Nevada desert next year
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Scientists charged with ensuring the aging U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go — if needed — say they’ll start shipping key components to