United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright says planned nuclear tests will be “noncritical” and will not feature any nuclear explosions for now.

This clarification on Sunday came three days after President Donald Trump announced he had instructed the Department of Defense to “immediately” restart testing of US nuclear weapons .

What are ‘noncritical’ nuclear tests?

“I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system tests,” Wright said on the Fox News show The Sunday Briefing.

“These are not nuclear explosions. These are what we call noncritical explosions.”

Wright explained that for now, only the components of nuclear weapons will be tested to ensure they work properly and can trigger a nuclear explosion. He said these tests will be conducted on new systems to ensure that

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