Event Name

Announced United States Nuclear Tests -- By Event
Date (GCT)
Location
Type
Purpose’ |
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.. Yield Range.

Fondutta

04/11/78

NTS

Shaft

Joint US-UK

20 to 150 kt

Fontina

02/12/76

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

200 to 1000 kt

Fore

01/16/64

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 200 kt

Forest

10/31/64

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Fox

02/06/51

NTS

Airdrop

WeaponsRelated

22 kt

Fox

05/25/52

NTS

Tower

WeaponsRelated

11 kt

Franklin

06/02/57

NTS

Tower

WeaponsRelated

140 tons

Franklin Prime

08/30/57

NTS

Balloon

WeaponsRelated

4.7 kt

Frigate Bird
Operation Dominic
North 4 degrees 50 minutes,
West 149 degrees 25 minutes
Warheadin missile launched from

05/06/62

Pacific

Rocket

WeaponsRelated

Frisco

09/23/82

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 150 kt

Galena

06/23/92

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Galileo

09/02/57

NTS

Tower

WeaponsRelated

+1 kt

Ganymede
Contained in surface structure
No radioactive release detected

10/30/58

NTS

Surface

Safety Experiment

Zero

Gasbuggy

12/10/67

Farmington

Shaft

Plowshare

29 kt

Gascon

11/14/86

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 150 kt

George

05/08/51

Enewetak

Tower

WeaponsRelated

George

06/01/52

NTS

Tower

WeaponsRelated

15 kt

Gerbil

03/29/63

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Low

Gibne

04/25/82

NTS

Shaft

Joint US-UK

20 to 150 kt

Polaris submarine

Joint Government/industry gas
stimulation experiment

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