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A Push To Ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty? (thebulletin.org)

Lasrick writes: Hugh Gusterson thinks a symposium sponsored by the U.S. Energy Department was the first sign that the Administration is readying a push to finally ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). "Conceding that the earlier drive to ratify the treaty in 1999 ended in a humiliating defeat for the Clinton Administration, [Secretary of State John Kerry] said that "the factors that led some senators to oppose the treaty have changed, so [senators'] choices should change too." The article goes into the technology that has developed over the last 15 years that make testing unnecessary.

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  1. Re:Am I the only one that... by sconeu · · Score: 3, Informative

    Atmospheric tests were banned by treaty in the '60s.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    And how do you plan on dealing with fallout?

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