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Rex

02/24/66

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

19 kt

Rhyolite
Simultaneous with Nightingale

06/22/88

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

Less than 150 kt

Rickey

06/15/68

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 200 kt

Rinconada

06/15/62

Christmas Island

Airdrop

WeaponsRelated

Intermediate

Ringtait

12/17/61

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Low

Rio Arriba

10/18/58

NTS

Tower

Weapons Related

90 tons

Rio Blanco
Joint Government/industry gas
stimulation experiment

05/17/73

Rifle

Shaft

Plowshare

Three 33 kt

Riola
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected off site

09/25/80

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

Less than 20 kt

Rivet I)

03/02/67

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Roanoke

10/12/62

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

Low

Romano

12/16/83

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 150 kt

Romeo

03/26/54

Bikini

Barge

WeaponsRelated

11 MT

Roquefort

10/16/85

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Refated

20 to 150 kt

Rose

06/02/58

Enewetak

Barge

WeaponsRelated

Rousanne

11/12/81

NTS

Shaft

Joint US-UK

20 to 150 kt

Rovena

08/10/66

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Rudder

12/28/76

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

20 to 150 kt

Operation Dominic
Accidental! release of radioactivity

area

detected onsite only

Accidental release of radioactivity

detected on site only

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