Announced United States Nuclear Tests -- By Event
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Event Name.
[Elder
Date (GCT)
tocation _.
Type
Purpose: .-
a
|... Yield Range
apne eesti
06/27/58
Enewetak
Barge
WeaponsRelated
Elkhart
09/17/65
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Embudo
06/16/71
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
Less than 20 kt
Emerson
12/16/65
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Emmenthal
11/02/78
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Encino
Operation Dominic
05/12/62
Christmas Island
area
Airdrop
WeaponsRelated
:
Intermediate
Encore
05/08/53
NTS
Airdrop
WeaponsEffects
27 kt
Erie
05/30/56
Enewetak
Tower
WeaponsRelated
Ermine
03/06/62
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Low
Escabosa
07/10/74
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 200 kt
Esrom
02/04/76
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 200 kt
Ess
03/23/55
NTS
Crater
WeaponsEffects
1 kt
Estuary
03/09/76
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
200 to 500 kt
Evans
10/29/58
NTS
Tunnel
Weapons Related
55 tons
Fade
06/25/64
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Fahada
05/26/83
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Fajy
06/28/79
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 150 kt
Fallon
05/23/74
NTS
Shaft
Joint US-UK
20 to 200 kt
Farallones
12/14/77
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
20 to 150 kt
Farm
12/16/78
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 150 kt
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected on site only
Venting
Radioactivity not detected off site
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected on site only
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