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Volume 155, Number 17 (April 24, 1999)

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Nuclear-monitoring system passes test

On Aug. 22, 1998, 10 seismic stations in the International Monitoring System picked up vibrations emanating from a Kazakhstan site, where engineers had set off a small nonnuclear blast to close off tunnels.

References:

Douglas, A., et al. 1999. Putting nuclear-test monitoring to the test. Nature 398(April 8):474.

Further Readings:

Monastersky, R, 1996. Nations consent to ban all nuclear tests. Science News 150(Sept. 21):183.

______. 1996. Policing the peace. Science News 149(May 11):298.

Sources:

Alan Douglas
AWE Blacknest
Brimpton, Reading RG7 4RS
United Kingdom

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 17, April 24, 1999, p. 271. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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