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

Date (GCT)

Location.

__Type

_ Purpose

Yield Range ..

Keelson

02/04/76

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 200 kt

Kennebec
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected on site only

06/25/63

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

Low

Kepler

07/24/57

NTS

Tower

Weapons Related

10 kt

Kernville

02/15/88

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 150 kt

Kesti

06/16/82

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Kestrel

04/05/65

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Kickapoo

06/13/56

Enewetak

Tower

WeaponsRelated

King

11/15/52

Enewetak

Airdrop

WeaponsRelated

500 kt

Kingfish

11/01/62

Johnston Istand

Rocket

WeaponsEffects

Submegaton

Kinibito

12/05/85

NTS

Shaft

Joint US-UK

20 to 150 kt

Klickitat

02/20/64

NTS

Shaft

Piowshare

20 to 200 kt

Kloster

02/15/79

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

20 to 150 kt

Knickerbocker

05/26/67

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

76 kt

Knife A

09/12/68

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Knife 8

11/15/68

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Knife C

10/03/68

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

Less than 20 kt

Knox

02/21/68

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

20 to 200 kt

Koa

05/12/58

Enewetak

Surface

Weapons Related

1.37 MT

Kohocton

08/23/63

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Low

Koon

04/06/54

Bikini

Surface

WeaponsRelated

110 kt

DoD Event--Operation Fishbowl

High altitude--tens of kilometers

Device development

area

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