Pentagon Cancels Last Scheduled Nuclear Test
The Pentagon has canceled the last underground nuclear test on the drawing board after nearly 1,000 U.S. tests dating back to the birth of the nuclear age half a century ago, an official said Wednesday.
George Ullrich, deputy director of the Defense Nuclear Agency, which was in charge of the final test, said his agency decided to cancel it after President Clinton’s decision last month to extend a U.S. nuclear test ban until at least September, 1994. The agency plans to keep the test complex in Nevada ready for possible later use, he said.
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