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Announced United States Nuclear Tests -- By. Event.

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Yield Range.

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Brazos
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected on site only

03/08/62

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

8.4 kt

Breton

09/13/84

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 150 kt

Brie

06/18/87

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Bristol

11/26/91

NTS

Shaft

Joint US-UK

Less than 20 kt

Bronze

07/23/65

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 200 kt

Buff

12/16/65

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 200 kt

Buggy
Row charge experiment--five

03/12/68

NTS

Crater

Plowshare

5.4 kt

Bulkhead

04/27/77

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 150 kt

Bullfrog

08/30/88

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 150 kt

Bullion

06/13/90

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 150 kt

Bumping
Operation Dominic

10/06/62

Johnston {sland
area

Airdrop

WeaponsRelated

Low

Burzet

08/03/79

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 150 kt

Buteo

05/12/65

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Butternut

05/11/58

Enewetak

Barge

Weapons Related

Bye

07/16/64

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 200 kt

Caboc

12/16/81

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Cabra

03/26/83

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 150 kt

Cabrillo

03/07/75

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 200 kt

Cabriolet
Release of radioactivity detected off site

01/26/68

NTS

Crater

Ptowshare

2.3 kt

Cactus

05/05/58

Enewetak

Surface

WeaponsRelated

18 kt

simultaneous detonations

Release of radioactivity detected off site

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