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Energy secretary reveals how US nuclear tests will work

Energy Secretary Chris Wright revealed the U.S. will not be testing nuclear explosions, putting to rest questions over whether the Trump administration would reverse a decades-old taboo.Testing will instead involve "the other parts of a nuclear weapon," Wright told Fox News’ "The Sunday Briefing.""I think the tests we’re talking about right now are systems tests," he explained. "These are not nuclear explosions. These are what we call noncritical explosions."His comments came after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would reignite "nuclear testing" because other nations were doing so. T

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