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May S, 19546
The detonation of the firet muclear device in a new series
of tests by the AEC and the DOD took place Saturday 5 May,
. 1956, Eniwetok time.
The detonation was produced by a
velty.small device with a yield only in the kiloton range.
Tho device was detonated on the surfseoe of Runit Is,
Eniwetok Atoll, Eniwetok Proving Gnd. The detonation was
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