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

Date (GCT)
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_ Location -.

asta

ae

Type

'.!. Purpose eSeB

Yield Range

09/28/58

NTS

Tunnel

Safety Experiment

13 tons

Marsh

09/06/75

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

Less than 20 kt

Marshmallow

06/28/62

NTS

Tunnel

WeaponsEffects

Low

Marsilly

04/05/77

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

20 to 150 kt

Marvel
Emplacement technique experiment

09/21/67

NTS

Shaft

Piowshare

2.2 kt

Mast

06/19/75

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

200 to 1000 kt

Mataco

06/14/63

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Low

Mauve

08/06/65

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

Less than 20 kt

Maxwell

01/13/66

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Less than 20 kt

Mazama
No radioactive release detected

10/29/58

NTS

Tower

Weapons Related

Zero

Memory

03/14/79

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

Less than 20 kt

Mercury

09/23/58

NTS

Tunnel

Safety Experiment

Slight

Merlin

02/16/65

NTS

Shaft

Weapons Related

10.1 kt

Merrimac
Accidental release of radioactivity

07/13/62

NTS

Shaft

WeaponsRelated

Intermediate

Mesitta
Operation Dominic

05/09/62

Christmas Island
area

Airdrop

Weapons Related

intermediate

Slight venting, radioactivity not

detected off site

DoD Event

Accidental release of radioactivity
detected onsite only

Accidental! release of radioactivity

detected onsite only

No radioactive release detected

Accidenta! release of radioactivity
detected onsite only

detected on site only

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