Announced United States Nuclear Tests -- By Event
- Event Name.

Date (GCT)

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Location -

EE pL

Type

Purpose.

Yield Range

ante

Aardvark
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected on site only

05/12/62

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

40 kt

Abeytas

11/05/70

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 200 kt

Abilene

04/07/88

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Abie

06/30/46

Bikini

Airdrop

WeaponsEffects

21 kt

Able

01/27/51

NTS

Airdrop

Weapons Related

1 kt

Able
Radioactivity not detected off site

10/22/51

NTS

Tower

WeaponsRelated

Less than 0.1 kt

Able

04/01/52

NTS

Airdrop

Weapons Effects

1 kt

Ace

06/11/64

NTS

Shaft

Plowshare

Less than 20 kt

Acushi

02/08/63

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Low

Adobe
Operation Dominic

04/25/62

Christmas Island
area

Airdrop

Weapons Related

Intermediate

Agile

02/23/67

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 200 kt

Agouti

01/18/62

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

6.4 kt

Agrini

03/31/84

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Ahtanum

09/13/63

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Low

Ajax

11/11/66

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

01/30/70

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Device development
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected onsite only

Accidental release of radioactivity

detected on site only

Accidental release of radioactivity

detected on site only

Ajo

In mined shaft

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