1.   Clifford said he plans a test explosion that will feature Greek fire, a reclining chair and the trebuchet.

2.   Developing nuclear weapons requires periodic test explosions, often performed deep underground.

3.   France has been preparing a site in French Polynesia for a series of test explosions.

4.   In recent years, with the advent of the ban on nuclear testing, the codes have been used as a substitute for test explosions themselves.

5.   Indeed, after the tests, India stated that it will henceforth observe a voluntary moratorium and refrain from conducting underground nuclear test explosions.

6.   India says it plans no more test explosions.

7.   Only France and China continue nuclear test explosions, after pledging this year at an international conference to phase them out.

8.   Ray E. Kidder, a Livermore physicist who helped pioneer hydrogen bombs, said small-scale thermonuclear research was attractive to weapon scientists in the absence of underground test explosions.

9.   The administration has no interest in the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, banning all nuclear test explosions, and is expected to reject the treaty banning land mines.

10.   The international treaty Clinton sent to the Senate last month would ban all forms of test explosions.