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Operation Whetstone

Yield RarigeBO

Bye

07/16/64

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 200 kt

Cormorant
Accidental release of radioactivity

07/17/64

NTS

Shaft

Joint US-UK

Less than 20 kt

Alva
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected off site by aircraft only

08/19/64

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Canvasback

08/22/64

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

Less than 20 kt

Haddock

08/28/64

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Guanay

09/04/64

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Auk

10/02/64

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

Less than 20 kt

Par
Isotope production and explosive
development

10/09/64

NTS

Shaft

Plowshare

38 kt

Barbel

10/16/64

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Salmon
Nuclear test detection research

10/22/64

Hattiesburg

Shaft

Vela Uniform

5.3 kt

Forest

10/31/64

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Handcar
Effects of contained explosion in
carbonate rock
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected on site only

11/05/64

NTS

Shaft

Plowshare

12 kt

Crepe

12/05/64

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 200 kt

Drill

12/05/64

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

3.4 kt

detected onsite

experiment

Accidental release of radioactivity
detected off site

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