Event Name
Announced United States Nuclear Tests -- By Event
Date (GCT)
Location
Type
Purpose’ |
a
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ae
.. 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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