Underground nuclear tests are hard to detect. A new method can spot them 99% of the time
- Written by: Mark Hoggard, DECRA Research Fellow, Australian National University
US Department of Energy via WikimediaSince the first detonation of an atomic bomb in 1945, more than 2,000 nuclear weapons tests have been conducted by eight countries: the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan and North Korea.
Groups such as the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization are...
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