TABLE C-1. OPERATION NOL CROSSROADS i 2 CASTLE 3 4 5 6 ? REDWING a 9 10 1} 12 13 AND EVENT DATE (GCT) ABLE BAKER 06/30/46 07/24/46 TYPE PURPOSES AIRDROP UNDERWATER BRAVO 02/28/54 SURFACE EXPERIMENTAL THERMONUCLEAR DEVICE ROMEO 03/26/54 BARGE KOON 04/06/54 SURFACE UNION 04/25/54 BARGE YANKEE. 05/04/54 BARGE YIELD RANGE 05/11/58 05/21/58 05/31/58 06/10/58 06/11/584 06/27/58 06/29/58 07/02/58 07/12/58 07/22/58 23 «TPs & 23 xT>s & A A WEAPONS RELATED 15 MT B WEAPONS WEAPONS WEAPONS WEAPONS BARGE BARGE BARGE BARGE BARGE BARGE BARGE BARGE BARGE BARGE MAP REF WEAPONS RELATED WEAPONS RELATED RELATED RELATED RELATED RELATED CHEROKEE 05/20/56 AIRDROP WEAPONS RELATED FIRST AIRDROP BY U.S. OF A THERMONUCLEAR WEAPON ZUNI 05/27/56 SURFACE WEAPONS RELATED FLATHEAD 06/11/56 BARGE WEAPONS RELATED DAKOTA 06/25/56 BARGE WEAPONS RELATED NAVAJO 07/10/56 BARGE WEAPONS RELATED TEWA 07/20/56 BARGE WEAPONS RELATED HARDTACK PHASE I 14 FIR 15 NUTMEG 16 SYCAMORE 17 MAPLE 18 ASPEN 19 REDWOOD 20 HICKORY 21 CEDAR 22 POPLAR 23 JUNIPER b ANNOUNCED NUCLEAR DETONATIONS AT BIKINI ATOLL °° bac WEAPONS WEAPONS WEAPONS WEAPONS WEAPONS WEAPONS WEAPONS WEAPONS WEAPONS WEAPONS RELATED RELATED RELATED RELATED RELATED RELATED RELATED RELATED RELATED RELATED 110 KT 8 C D D SEVERAL MT E 3.5 MT C F F D G 5 MT B H B 1 8 I H B J H The basic data for this table was obtained from W. R. Schell, F. G. Lowman, and R. P. Marshall, “Geochemistry of Transuranic Elements at Bikini Atol1]", Transuranic Elements in the Environment, W. C. Hanson, Ed., DOE, DOE/TIC-22800, £980. . , Announced United States Nuclear Test Statistics through December 31, 1977, Nevada Operations Office, DOE, Las Vegas, NY. M. W. Carter and A. A. Moghissi, “Three Decades of Nuclear Testing", HealthPhysics, Vol. 33, July 1977, pp. 55-71. Reference b reports this date as 06/14/58. Reference c reports these as < 20 KT. 5000093 C-12 |