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DOE labs compete over plans for new nuclear warheads

NPR: Two teams of scientists have drawn up designs for a new nuclear warhead intended to replace the aging warheads on U.S. submarines. The scientists had to devise designs that they can guarantee will work without being tested.

Posted by Jenny Corrado on December 28, 2006 12:31 PM |

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