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Mini nuke world wide fallout Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/6077797.htm http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/6077797.htm Posted on Fri, Jun. 13, 2003 U.S. works on nuclear bunker-buster Democrats say move may hurt efforts to halt spread of weapons H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press WASHINGTON - A nuclear bunker-busting bomb will not lead to a renewed arms race, an Energy Department official insisted Thursday, while acknowledging it probably would spread radioactive fallout worldwide. Energy Undersecretary Linton Brooks said the Bush administration wants to develop such a bomb and conduct research on a low-yield nuclear weapon "to preserve the capability to adapt to changing times" and new threats. "We're not going to restart the arms race," said Brooks, director of the National Nuclear Security Administration, adding that the administration's intentions have been misinterpreted. His agency within the Energy Department oversees the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile and nuclear warhead research. The development of nuclear "bunker-buster" bombs and "mini-nukes" of 5 kilotons or less has led many Democrats to question whether such projects are undermining efforts to curtail the spread of nuclear weapons. The Senate last month included funds for continuing research on the bunker-busters and rescinded a 1993 ban on studying the development of the low-yield warheads. But it also said Congress still would have to approve full-scale development of new generation weapons. A version in the House would authorize money for the bunker-busters and remove the ban on research into the new programs.

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