The exploding of a nuclear weapon to assess its effectiveness.
the country confirmed it had successfully carried out an underground nuclear test
Example sentencesExamples
- He had never before expressed any opposition to nuclear tests.
- The bitter enemies have been conducting their own nuclear tests, much to the dismay of the rest of the world community.
- A horrifying number of people on the Pacific Islands where nuclear tests were conducted have suffered terribly.
- The government conducted a series of underground nuclear tests.
- He will hold a demonstration before Parliament protesting against the nuclear test.
- The administration condemned the nuclear tests.
- The 1963 Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty prohibiting atmospheric nuclear tests minimized the fallout danger.
- I now declare that we do not propose to conduct nuclear tests in the atmosphere.
- A complaint about nuclear tests in the Pacific was dismissed because there was no evidence of serious risk to life.
- This agreement will prohibit all nuclear tests.