AIKEN, U.S. -- While China is bolstering its nuclear capabilities, the U.S. -- the first country to produce atomic weapons, in 1945, and the world's top economic and military superpower -- is facing a deeply worrying situation.
That is underscored by a site in the south of the nation that at first glance looks like a desolate chemical plant. But yellow signboards here and there reveal what it really is. One of them reads, "This facility is under the supervision of the Atomic Weapons and Special Nuclear Materials Rewards Act."
