Trump's planned tests are 'not nuclear explosions', US energy secretary says
But Wright, whose agency oversees testing, said people living in the Nevada desert should have "no worries" about seeing a mushroom cloud.
The comments come days after Trump wrote on Truth Social that he had directed defence officials to "start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis" with rival powers.
"These are not nuclear explosions," Wright told Fox News on Sunday.
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