It is a Strategic Defense Initiative aimed ultimately at finding a nonnuclear defense against ballistic missiles.

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But, he argued, safety and reliability improvements are less important than getting nonnuclear nations to stay nonnuclear.

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As it was, war against a nonnuclear Iraq was authorized by the U.S. Senate by a mere five votes.

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She backed out the value of nonnuclear assets to come up with an enterprise value for nuclear power plant owners.

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That is, the assessments must be grounded on existing nuclear test data, nonnuclear tests, fundamental science experiments, and simulations using validated computer models.

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To the extent possible, nonnuclear tests are used to assess weapon safety and performance and together with past nuclear test results are used to validate computer simulations.

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What about nonnuclear attacks?

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