detonation
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ICF allows scientists to replicate and study the effects of nuclear weapons, including how materials behave under the same extreme temperatures and pressures found inside a nuclear detonation, without an actual nuclear test.
Once a mine is identified, the actual detonation often takes place the following day.
From BBC
Hundreds of thousands of people around the globe are known to have already died from illnesses linked to past nuclear test detonations, the report highlighted.
From Barron's
Saturday Caracas time when the detonations began, lighting up the sullen sky like a post-New Year’s fireworks display.
From Los Angeles Times
Police said in a statement that it was an accidental detonation, not a terrorist attack.
From BBC
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