| oe | - Announced United States Nuclear Tests - By.Daté. | ~ Event Name .. . Date (GCT) . : Location | . Type “s,.Purposa.:. ~ - Operation Plumbbob-- Continued are |. Yield Range. . pe Pascal-B 08/27/57 NTS Shaft Safety Experiment Franklin Prime 08/30/57 NTS Balloon WeaponsRelated 4.7 kt Smoky 08/31/57 NTS Tower WeaponsRelated 44 kt Gatileo 09/02/57 NTS Tower WeaponsRelated 11 kt Wheeler 09/06/57 NTS Balloon WeaponsRelated 197 tons Coulomb-B 09/06/57 NTS Surface Safety Experiment 0.3 kt Laplace 09/08/57 NTS Balloon WeaponsRelated 1 kt Fizeau 09/14/57 NTS Tower WeaponsRelated 11 kt . 09/16/57 NTS Batloon Weapons Related 12 kt Rainier First detonation contained underground 09/19/57 NTS Tunnel WeaponsRelated 1.7 kt Whitney 09/23/57 NTS Tower WeaponsRelated 19 kt Charleston 09/28/57 NTS Balloon WeaponsRelated 12 kt Morgan 10/07/57 NTS Balloon WeaponsRelated 8 kt aaa = Unstemmed hole Noradioactive release detected Newton No radioactive release detected _ Project 58 Pascal-C Unstemmed hole 12/06/57 NTS Shaft Safety Experiment Slight Coulomb-C 12/09/57 NTS Surface Safety Experiment 0.5 kt Radioactivity not detected off site SREretesaaren anne aan |