Announced United States Nuclear Tests -- ByDate:..
"-. Event Name
Date (GCT)
Type.
ocPurpose | ios|: Yield Range” ~
Operation Nougat -- Continued
Dulce
06/17/62
Christmas Island
Airdrop
Weapons Related
Intermediate
Petit
Operation Dominic
06/19/62
Christmas Island
area
Airdrop
Weapons Related
Low
Damant
06/21/62
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Low
Otowi
06/22/62
ChristmasIsland
Airdrop
WeaponsRelated
Intermediate
Bighorn
06/27/62
Christmas Island
Airdrop
WeaponsRelated
Megaton range
Haymaker
06/27/62
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
67 kt
Marshmallow
DoD Event
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected on site only
06/28/62
NTS
Tunnel
WeaponsEffects
Low
Bluestone
06/30/62
Christmas Island
Airdrop
WeaponsRelated
Low Megaton
Sacramento
06/30/62
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Low
Crater
Plowshare
104 kt
Operation Dominic
Operation Dominic
Operation Dominic
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected on site only
Operation Dominic
area
area
area
area
Operation Storax
Sedan
Excavation experiment
Crater 1,280 ft. diameter, 320 ft. deep
07/06/62
NTS
Thermonuclear device
Release of radioactivity detected off site
Note: Four DoD weapons effects tests at NTS in July of 1962 were conducted as Operation Sunbeam
Little Feller §
Slightly above ground
DoD Event--Operation Sunbeam
Radioactivity not detected off site
07/07/62
NTS
Surface
-18-
WeaponsEffects
Low