The chancellor is saying that the transition to a nuclear-free future will be well-considered, and definite.

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The stated rationale was to permit an orderly transition on the part of the nuclear arsenal and its supporting industrial establishment to a permanent no-testing environment.

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In short order, the Sequoia supercomputer and its 1.57 million processing cores will transition to a life of top-secret analysis at the National Nuclear Security Administration, but until that day comes, researchers are currently working to ensure its seamless operation.

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