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Rex
02/24/66
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
19 kt
Rhyolite
Simultaneous with Nightingale
06/22/88
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
Less than 150 kt
Rickey
06/15/68
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 200 kt
Rinconada
06/15/62
Christmas Island
Airdrop
WeaponsRelated
Intermediate
Ringtait
12/17/61
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Low
Rio Arriba
10/18/58
NTS
Tower
Weapons Related
90 tons
Rio Blanco
Joint Government/industry gas
stimulation experiment
05/17/73
Rifle
Shaft
Plowshare
Three 33 kt
Riola
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected off site
09/25/80
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
Less than 20 kt
Rivet I)
03/02/67
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Roanoke
10/12/62
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
Low
Romano
12/16/83
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
20 to 150 kt
Romeo
03/26/54
Bikini
Barge
WeaponsRelated
11 MT
Roquefort
10/16/85
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Refated
20 to 150 kt
Rose
06/02/58
Enewetak
Barge
WeaponsRelated
Rousanne
11/12/81
NTS
Shaft
Joint US-UK
20 to 150 kt
Rovena
08/10/66
NTS
Shaft
WeaponsRelated
Less than 20 kt
Rudder
12/28/76
NTS
Shaft
Weapons Related
20 to 150 kt
Operation Dominic
Accidental! release of radioactivity
area
detected onsite only
Accidental release of radioactivity
detected on site only
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