Announced United States Nuclear Tests-- By Event
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Date (GCT)

Location

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Yield Range.

Islay

08/27/81

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

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First test of the boosting principle

05/24/51

Enewetak

Tower

WeaponsRelated

Jal

03/19/70

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Jefferson

04/22/86

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 150 kt

Jerboa

03/01/63

NTS

Shatt

WeaponsRelated

Low

John

07/19/57

NTS

Rocket

WeaponsEffects

About 2 kt

Johnnie Boy

07/11/62

NTS

Crater

WeaponsEffects

0.5 kt

Jornada

01/28/82

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 150 kt

Jorum

09/16/69

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

Less than 1 MT

Junction
Treaty verification event

03/26/92

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 150 kt

07/22/58

Bikini

Barge

Weapons Related

Air-to-air missile
Slightly below ground
DoD Event--Operation Sunbeam

Less than 20 kt

Release of radioactivity detected off site

Juno

10/24/58

NTS

Surface

Safety Experiment

1.7 tons

Kankakee

06/15/66

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

20 to 200 kt

Kappeli

07/25/84

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

20 to 150 kt

Kash

06/12/80

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 150 kt

Kasseri

10/28/75

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

200 to 1000 kt

Kaweah

02/21/63

NTS

Shaft

Plowshare

Low

Kawich

02/24/89

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Kearsarge

08/17/88

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

Less than 150 kt

Fired in surface structure
Radioactivity not detected off site

Device development

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Juniper

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