a” Event Name: _ Announced United States Nuclear Tests -- By Event -|..Date (GCT). os» Location _. Type... *. Purpose. Yield: Range a Pamlico Operation Dominic 07/11/62 Christmas Island area Airdrop WeaponsRelated Low Megaton Pampas Accidental release of radioactivity detected off site 03/01/62 NTS Shaft Joint US-UK Low Panamint 05/21/86 NTS Shaft WeaponsRelated Less than 20 kt Panchuela 06/30/87 NTS Shaft WeaponsRelated Less than 20 kt Panir 08/31/78 NTS Shaft Weapons Related 20 to 150 kt Par 10/09/64 NTS Shaft Plowshare 38 kt Parrot 12/16/64 NTS Shaft WeaponsRelated 1.3 kt Pascal-A Unstemmed hole 07/26/57 NTS Shaft Safety Experiment Slight Pascal-B Unstemmed hole No radioactive release detected 08/27/57 NTS Shaft Safety Experiment Pascal-C 12/06/57 NTS Shaft Safety Experiment Slight Passaic 04/06/62 NTS Shaft WeaponsRelated Low Peba 09/20/62 NTS Shaft WeaponsRelated Low Pedernal 09/29/71 NTS Shaft WeaponsRelated Less than 20 kt Pekan 08/12/63 NTS Shaft WeaponsRelated Low Pepato 06/11/79 NTS Shaft WeaponsRelated 20 to 150 kt Pera 09/08/79 NTS Shaft WeaponsRelated Less than 20 kt Persimmon 02/23/67 NTS Shaft Weapons Related Less than 20 kt Isotope production and explosive development Accidental release of radioactivity detected off site Unstemmed hole Radioactivity not detected off site -89-