Announced United States Nuclear Tests - By Date
Event Name..:
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9: Date (GCT): ve Location.|
. Type
| =." Purpose |. Yield Range.
Project 57
Project 57 No. 4
Pu dispersal
04/24/57
Bombing Range
Surface
Safety Experiment
Zero
Operation Plumbbob
Boltzmann
05/28/57
NTS
Tower
WeaponsRelated
12 kt
Franklin
06/02/57
NTS
Tower
Weapons Related
140 tons
Lassen
06/05/57
NTS
Balloon
WeaponsRelated
0.5 tons
Wilson
06/18/57
NTS
Balloon
WeaponsRelated
10 kt
Priscilla
06/24/57
NTS
Balloon
WeaponsReiated
37 kt
Coulomb-A
07/01/57
NTS
Surface
Safety Experiment
Zero
Hood
07/05/57
NTS
Baltoon
Weapons Related
74 kt
Diablo
07/15/57
NTS
Tower
WeaponsRelated
17 kt
John
Air-to-air missile
07/19/57
NTS
Rocket
WeaponsEffects
About2 kt
Kepler
07/24/57
NTS
Tower
WeaponsRelated
10 kt
Owens
07/25/57
NTS
Balloon
WeaponsRelated
9.7 kt
Pascal-A
Unstemmed hole
07/26/57
NTS
Shaft
Safety Experiment
Slight
Stokes
08/07/57
NTS
Balloon
Weapons Related
19 kt
Saturn
08/10/57
NTS
Tunnel
Safety Experiment
Zero
Shasta
08/18/57
NTS
Tower
Weapons Related
17 kt
Doppler
08/23/57
NTS
Balloon
WeaponsRelated
11 ke
Radioactivity not detected off site
Radioactivity not detected off site
No radioactive release detected