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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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