Announced United States Nuclear Tests -- ByDate |
Event Name.
Date (GCT)
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.. | Location. ....]....
Operation Whetstone -- Continued
.Purpose "s
a
Parrot
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected off site
12/16/64
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
1.3 kt
Mudpack
DoD Event
12/16/64
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsEffects
2.7 kt
Sulky
12/18/64
NTS
Shaft
Plowshare
Wool
01/14/65
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
Less than 20 kt
Cashmere
02/04/65
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated .
Less than 20 kt
Alpaca
02/12/65
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Merlin
02/16/65
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
10.1 ke
Wishbone
02/18/65
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsEffects
Less than 20 kt
Wagtail
03/03/65
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 200 kt
Cup
03/26/65
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
20 to 200 kt
Kestrel
04/05/65
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Palanquin
Release of radioactivity detected off site
04/14/65
NTS
Crater
Piowshare
4.3 kt
Excavation test of explosive buried at
| 0.092 kt
greater depth in relation to yield
Produced mound of broken rock
Release of radioactivity detected off site
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected off site
Accidenta! release of radioactivity
detected on site only
DoD Event
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected on site only