Fallout

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Alone in a highly secure facility deep inside the Nevada Nuclear Test Site, inspector Kosimo Nevsky stood over the deadly radioactive material that had fueled the Cold War.

The vast warehouse-like Device Assembly Facility was dark, quiet. This late at night most of the workers had gone to their cozy American homes, while the rest of the Russian disarmament team had been shuttled to their Las Vegas hotel to gamble in the casinos. Some team members viewed the expedition to the United States as a holiday, rather than treaty-mandated work. But they had to wrap everything up, nice and tidy, by Friday for the summit meeting between the American and Russian presidents.

For now, that meant Academician Nevsky had to put in the extra hours to double-check what appeared to be a serious discrepancy. Yes, he would have a surprise for the American president. Besides, he didn’t mind the opportunity to be alone.

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