Surety Dividends

Society has benefited from the technologies developed for nuclear weapons surety.

Clean rooms enabled a $960 billion worldwide electronics industry and revolutionized surgery and pharmaceutical practices. Detection and sensing technologies led to new medical instruments, crime fighting systems, explosives detection for airports, airbags, and chemical and environmental analysis tools.

In the near future, society will see even greater benefits from our surety efforts--intelligent micro-machines (the "second silicon revolution") will enhance safety and security; modeling and simulations coupled with unprecedented computer power will revolutionize engineering; and advancements in science and failure analysis will enhance reliability.

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