Announced United StatesNuclearTests ~ By Date
Event Name 0... Date (GCT) :| Location =... :
‘Type. feos.Purpose...
Operation Emery -- Continued
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Z
Laguna
06/23/71
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 200 kt
Harebell
06/24/71
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 200 kt
Camphor
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected on site only
06/29/71
NTS
Tunnel
Weapons Effects
Less than 20 kt
‘Operation Grommet
Diamond Mine
DoD Event
Nuclear test detection experiment
07/01/71
NTS
Tunnel
Vela Uniform
Less than 20 kt
Miniata
07/08/71
NTS
Shaft
Plowshare
83 kt
Algodones
08/18/71
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 200 kt
Pedernal
09/29/71
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt:
Cathay
10/08/71
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
Less than 20 kt
Cannikin
Test of warhead of Spartan missile
11/06/71
Amchitka
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 5 MT
Diagonal!Line
DoD Event
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected off site by aircraft only
11/24/71
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsEffects
Less than 20 kt
Chaenactis
12/14/71
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 200 kt
Longchamps
04/19/72
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Misty North
05/02/72
NTS
Tunnel
WeaponsEffects
Less than 20 kt
Zinnia
05/17/72
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
Less than 20 kt
Monero
05/19/72
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Device development experiment
DoD Event
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