Part of their job is to make sure that the nuclear stockpile is still reliable. Since they can't actively blow up a nuke nowadays, they instead rely on experime

Part of their job is to make sure that the nuclear stockpile is still reliable. Since they can't actively blow up a nuke nowadays, they instead rely on experiments and simulation. However, like a lot of the Department of Energy's work, their nuclear research also relates heavily to civilian applications. They are not 'bullshit' for the press.