| Announced United States NuclearTests — By Date
.... Event Name... .
Date (CT)
.
Purpose... |. Yield Range |
Location
.. Operation Teapot
Wasp
02/18/55
NTS
Airdrop
WeaponsEffects
1 kt
Moth
02/22/55
NTS
Tower
WeaponsRelated
2 kt
Tesla
03/01/55
NTS
Tower
WeaponsRelated
7 kt
Turk
03/07/55
NTS
Tower
WeaponsRelated
43 kt
Hornet
03/12/55
NTS
Tower
WeaponsRelated
4 kt
Bee
03/22/55
NTS
Tower
WeaponsRelated
8 kt
Ess
03/23/55
NTS
Crater
WeaponsEffects
1 kt
Appte-1
03/29/55
NTS
Tower
WeaponsRelated
14 kt
Wasp Prime
03/29/55
NTS
Airdrop
Weapons Related
3 kt
HA (High Altitude}
04/06/55
NTS
Airdrop
WeaponsEffects
3 kt
Post
04/09/55
NTS
Tower
WeaponsRelated
2 kt
Met
04/15/55
NTS
Tower
WeaponsEffects
22 kt
Apple-2
05/05/55
NTS
Tower
WeaponsRelated
29 kt
Zucchini
05/15/55
NTS
Tower
WeaponsRelated
28 kt
Operation Wigwam
Wigwam
North 29 degrees, West 126 degrees
05/14/55
Pacific
.
.
UW
WeaponsEffects
30 kt
>. Project 56
Project 56 No. 1
11/01/55
NTS
Surface
Safety Experiment
Zero
Project 56 No. 2
Pu dispersal
11/03/55
NTS
Surface
Safety Experiment
Zero
Project 56 No. 3
11/05/55
NTS
Surface
Safety Experiment
Noyield
Pu dispersal