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_ Announced United States Nuclear Tests -- By Event
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Pamlico
Operation Dominic
07/11/62
Christmas Island
area
Airdrop
WeaponsRelated
Low Megaton
Pampas
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected off site
03/01/62
NTS
Shaft
Joint US-UK
Low
Panamint
05/21/86
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Panchuela
06/30/87
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Panir
08/31/78
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
20 to 150 kt
Par
10/09/64
NTS
Shaft
Plowshare
38 kt
Parrot
12/16/64
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
1.3 kt
Pascal-A
Unstemmed hole
07/26/57
NTS
Shaft
Safety Experiment
Slight
Pascal-B
Unstemmed hole
No radioactive release detected
08/27/57
NTS
Shaft
Safety Experiment
Pascal-C
12/06/57
NTS
Shaft
Safety Experiment
Slight
Passaic
04/06/62
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Low
Peba
09/20/62
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Low
Pedernal
09/29/71
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Pekan
08/12/63
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Low
Pepato
06/11/79
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 150 kt
Pera
09/08/79
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Persimmon
02/23/67
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
Less than 20 kt
Isotope production and explosive
development
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected off site
Unstemmed hole
Radioactivity not detected off site
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