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WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A key U.S. House committee chairman said his panel will only consider funding a new generation of nuclear bombs once they are certified reliable.
Funding for the hydrogen bombs, being developed by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, was eliminated in June when Congress voted to reassess the U.S. nuclear weapons strategy, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.
In an unclassified summary, independent nuclear experts Monday said substantial work remains to be done on the bombs' reliability, including rendering it useless should terrorists steal it, the Times reported.
The House appropriations subcommittee on energy and water development won't consider refunding the bomb until the experts' conditions are met, said
Rep. Peter J. Visclosky, D-Ind., the committee's chairman.
Before the funding was killed, the Bush administration had requested $89 million for the project in fiscal 2008, up from $36 million a year ago.
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