【美国《纽约时报》1988年10月9日报道】自8月份以来因安全原因一直关闭着的萨凡纳河工厂的核反应堆可能长期无法投入使用,使美国所有核武器不能处于随时可发射的状态。一位政府高级官员说,如果对这个美国制造核弹头重要材料的唯一工厂继续关闭下去,那么,美国可能被迫开始使核弹头失去 [New York Times, October 9, 1988] The nuclear reactor at the Savannah plant that has been shut down for safety reasons since August may not be put into operation for a long time, making all US nuclear weapons impossible to launch at any time. A senior government official said that if the only factory that makes important materials for this U.S.-made nuclear warhead continues to be closed down, then the U.S. may be forced to start losing nuclear warheads.