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White House restricts access for reporters
Updated 11/02/2025 – 9:46 p.mReading time: 28 minutes
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According to the responsible minister, the nuclear weapons tests ordered by US President Donald Trump will not initially include any nuclear explosions. “I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system tests,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News. “These are not nuclear explosions. These are what we call non-critical explosions.” All parts of a nuclear weapon would be tested with the exception of the nuclear explosive device. Nuclear explosions, on the other hand, would be simulated based on existing research data. The Ministry of Energy is responsible for testing nuclear weapons in the USA.
Wright said the U.S. could draw on data from nuclear explosions during tests in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. “With our science and our computing power, we can simulate with incredible accuracy what will happen in a nuclear explosion,” Wright explained. “Now we are simulating the conditions that led to such an explosion and the impact of changing bomb designs.” The planned tests would test all remaining parts of nuclear weapons to ensure that they work and could trigger a nuclear explosion. The tests on new systems were intended to ensure that the new nuclear weapons were better than the previous ones.
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The White House is restricting journalists’ access to an area of the press office where government spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, among others, has her office. Reporters now have to make an appointment to visit there, as US President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman announced. Previously, accredited journalists were able to move freely in the White House press area.