On its face, the allegations against this chemist do not implicate the reliability of testing done or fairness to defendants.
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Although technological advances may theoretically permit other effective means of testing the reliability and safety of our stockpile, the demonstration of such capability is still years down the road.
Health Minister Lord Howe has said some areas will have more time to go live with 111 while "thorough testing" to ensure reliability is carried out.
Ematic prides itself on offering the latest in advanced technology that has undergone rigorous testing for quality, sturdiness and reliability.
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The new round of testing also raises questions of eDNA reliability.
"Pete" Aldrich certified that the "technical progress of the flight testing" has satisfied safety, reliability, maneuverability, formation flying, shipboard compatibility and other issues that have, in the past, hindered the development and acquisition of this aircraft.
Dr. Barker explained the assumptions behind the Clinton Administration's current Stockpile Stewardship Management Program (SSMP) and its adequacy as an alternative to nuclear testing in assuring the future safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
Periodic, safe, underground testing has proven essential to the assuring the reliability, safety and credibility of America's nuclear stockpile.
The Energy Department's inspector general has determined that the growing problems associated with the safety and reliability of the nation's nuclear weapons, without nuclear testing, have become a "most serious challenge area" for the newly established National Nuclear Security Agency that runs the weapons complex.
"Without a robust and complete surveillance testing program, the department's ability to assess the reliability of some nuclear weapons is at risk, " Friedman wrote.
Last year, Paul Robinson, chairman emeritus of Sandia National Laboratory, testified before Congress that the reliability of U.S. nuclear weapons still cannot be guaranteed without testing them, despite more than a decade of investments in technological advancements.
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He has shown a strong interest in turning the island into a giant laboratory when the switch to fuel cell vehicles begins in earnest 10 to 15 years from now, as well as in testing the safety of hydrogen gas stations, the long-term reliability of cars and the economic viability of fuel cells.
Even now, thanks to the unilateral U.S. moratorium on such testing adopted in 1992, there are grave and growing uncertainties about the reliability of our obsolescing weaponry.
Alternatively, they may opt to field crude, but functional atomic weapons, foregoing the sort of underground testing that the American military requires in order to validate and assure the reliability of its sophisticated nuclear weapons designs.
And the NPR signaled, at least implicitly, that underground testing will have to be resumed in order both to assure the safety and reliability of the present inventory and to upgrade and modernize that arsenal.
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To ensure stability and reliability for individual drives, all drives undergo rigorous high-temperature burn-in tests and accelerated usage simulation testing.
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Regarding the reliability of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, Lugar, noting the unilateral U.S. moratorium on testing since 1992, says the nation really needs an honest discussion of whether we should commence limited testing and continue such a program with consistency and certainty.
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