How Seismic and Radiation Monitoring Reveal North Korea's Nuclear Secrets

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By Eliza Strickland
May 27, 2009 7:47 PMNov 3, 2019 7:25 PM
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Even before North Korea announced that it had conducted its second underground test of a nuclear weapon, scientists around the world were putting together a picture of what had happened. With a combination of seismic and radiation monitoring, scientists expect to soon have a working idea of how far the rogue nation’s nuclear program has advanced.

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