Reading about those things only confirm one thing in my mind, it cannot be long before our LORD returns, and this "tinkering" with Nuclear research could explain away those "translated" (to those who believe in a pre-trib translation
) when it happens or some event along the same line of research (nuclear testing) gone wrong.
On a side note it must have been thrilling to see that 9 billion dollar blue blip on a 20inch monitor, powerful stuff lol