“2: Announced UnitedStates Nuclear Tests -- By Event
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Project 57 No. 1
Pu dispersal
04/24/57
Bombing Range
Surface
Safety Experiment
Zero
Puce
06/10/66
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Purple
03/18/66
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Purse
05/07/69
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 200 kt
Puye
08/14/74
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Pyramid
04/16/80
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 150 kt
Quargel
11/18/78
NTS
Shaft
Joint US-UK
20 to 150 kt
Quay
10/10/58
NTS
Tower
WeaponsRelated
79 tons
Queso
08/11/82
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Questa
05/04/62
Christmas Island
Airdrop
Weapons Related
Intermediate
Quince
08/06/58
Enewetak
Surface
WeaponsRelated
Quinetfla
02/08/79
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 150 kt
Raccoon
06/01/62
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Low
Rainier
First detonation contained underground
Noradioactive release detected
09/19/57
NTS
Tunnel
WeaponsRelated
1.7 kt
Raritan
09/06/62
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
Low
Ray
04/11/53
NTS
Tower
Weapons Related
0.2 kt
Reblochon
02/23/78
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 150 kt
Red Hot
DoD Event
03/05/66
NTS
Tunnel
WeaponsEffects
Less than 20 kt
Redmud
12/08/76
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
Less than 20 kt
Redwood
06/27/58
Bikini
Barge
WeaponsRelated
Operation Dominic
area
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected off site
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