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Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002 | 9:33 a.m.
Scientists from the United States and Great Britain will team up at the Nevada Test Site Thursday for a subcritical experiment, part of the National Nuclear Security Administration's mission to maintain America's nuclear weapons stockpile.
The underground experiment -- Vito -- is scheduled noon Thursday.
Subcritical experiments are designed to answer questions after a violent spray of atomic particles are ejected from a material's surface. The experiments do not produce a critical mass, and there is no nuclear explosion.
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