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Anniversary of world's 1st atomic test fuels nuclear debate

by Associated Press
| July 17, 2020 12:03 AM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Transported in the backseat of a blacked-out Plymouth sedan was the culmination of years of feverish work — a hefty plutonium core that would soon be used to trigger the world’s first atomic explosion.

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