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Last U.S. Underground Nuclear Test Conducted

September 23, 1992
USA
Last U.S. Underground Nuclear Test Conducted

The United States conducts its last underground nuclear weapons test. Congress imposes a temporary moratorium on nuclear weapons testing.

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