CATALOG OF WORLDWIDE NUCLEAR TESTING

 

V.N. Mikhailov

Editor-in-Chief

 

LA. Andryushin, N.P. Voloshin, R.I. Ilkaev, A.M. Matushchenko, L.D. Ryabev, V.G. Strukov, A.K. Chernyshev, and Yu.A. Yudin

Authors

 

begell-atom, llc

 

3. NUCLEAR TESTS AND PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS (1971-1973)

 

No.
Nation
Name
Date
Location
Type
Purpose
Method
Height/ Depth, m
Yield, kt
Comment
1971
1071
USSR
01/29/71
STS
UGE
WE
Tunnel 114
0.001-20
1072
USSR
03/22/71
STS
UGE
PDD
Tunnel 510P
20-150
1073
USSR
03/22/71
STS
UGE
WR
Tunnel 807
0.001-20
1074 1074/1 1074/2 1074/3
USSR
Taiga
03/23/71
Perm region, RSFSR
UGE
  • IPE
  • IPE
  • IPE
  • IPE
  • -
  • Crater
  • Crater
  • Crater
  • -
  • -128
  • -128
  • -128
  • 45
  • 15
  • 15
  • 15
Excavation explosion. Shafts 1B, 2B, and3B
1075
USSR
04/09/71
STS
UGE
IPE
Tunnel 148/1
0.23
Radioactivity transfer experiment
1076
USSR
04/25/71
STS
UGE
WR
Tunnel 706
90
1077
USSR
05/25/71
STS
UGE
WR
Tunnel 119
0.001-20
1078
France
Dione
06/05/71
Mururoa, Polynesia
SE-AE
WR
Balloon
275
34
1079
USSR
06/06/71
STS
UGE
WR
Shaft 110
16
1080
France
Encelade
06/12/71
Mururoa, Polynesia
SE-AE
WR
Balloon
450
440
1081
U.S.
Embudo
06/16/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-303
<20
1082
USSR
06/19/71
STS
UGE
WR
Shaft 129
0.001-20
1083
U.S.
Laguna
06/23/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-455
20-200
1084
U.S.
Dexter
06/23/71
NTS
UGE
SE
Shaft
-119
<20
1085
U.S.
Harebell
06/24/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-519
20-200
1086
U.S.
Camphor
06/29/71
NTS
UGE
WE
Tunnel
-424
<20
1087
USSR
06/30/71
STS
UGE
WR
Shaft 1056
0.001-20
1088
U.S.
Diamond Mine
07/01/71
NTS
UGE
FMS
Tunnel
-266
<20
Program Vela Uniform. Nuclear test detection experiment. DoD test
1089
USSR
Globus
07/02/71
Komi ASSR, RSFSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft GB-4
-542
2.3
Seismic probing explosion
1090
France
Japet
07/04/71
Mururoa, Polynesia
AE
WR
Balloon
230
9
1091
U.S.
Miniata
07/08/71
NTS
UGE
PDD
Shaft
-529
83
Program Plowshare
1092
U.S.
Bracken
07/09/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-305
<20
1093
USSR
Globus
07/10/71
Komi ASSR, RSFSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft GB-3
-465
2.3
Seismic probing explosion
1094
U.S.
Apodaca
07/21/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-241
<20
1095
U.S.
Barranca
08/04/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-270
<20
1096 1096/1 1096/2
U.S.
  • Nama
  • Nama-Amarylis
  • Nama-Mephisto
08/05/71
NTS
UGE
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • -
  • Shaft
  • Shaft
  • <20
  • <20
  • <20
  • <20
Simultaneous, separate holes
1097
U.S.
Baltic
08/06/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-411
<20
1098
France
Phoebe
08/08/71
Mururoa, Polynesia
AE
WR
Balloon
230
4
1099
France
Rhea
08/14/71
Mururoa, Polynesia
SE-AE
WR
Balloon
480
955
1100
lU.S.
Algodones
08/18/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-528
20-200
1101
USSR
Globus
09/19/71
Ivanovo region, RSFSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft GB-1
-610
2.3
Seismic probing explosion
1102 1102/1 1102/2 1102/3 1102/4
U.S.
  • Frijoles
  • Frijoles-Deming
  • Frijoles-Espuela
  • Frijoles-Guaje
  • Frijoles-Petaca
09/22/71
NTS
UGE
  • WR
  • SE
  • SE
  • WR
  • WR
  • -
  • Shaft
  • Shaft
  • Shaft
  • Shaft
  • <20
  • <20
  • <20
  • <20
  • <20
Simultaneous, separate holes
1103 1103/1 1103/2 1103/3 1103/4
USSR
09/27/71
NZTS
UGE
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • -
  • Tunnel A-8
  • Tunnel A-8
  • Tunnel A-8
  • Tunnel A-8
  • 1500-10000
  • 150-1500
  • 150-1500
  • 150-1500
  • 150-1500
1104
U.S.
Pedernal
09/29/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-379
<20
1105
U.S.
Chantilly
09/29/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-330
<20
1106
USSR
Globus
10/04/71
Arkhangelsk region, RSFSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft GB-2
-595
2.3
Seismic probing explosion
1107
U.S.
Cathay
10/08/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-378
<20
1108
USSR
10/09/71
STS
UGE
WR
Shaft 111
12
1109
U.S.
Lagoon
10/14/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-304
<20
1110
USSR
10/21/71
STS
UGE
WR
Shaft 127
23
1111
USSR
Sapfir
10/22/71
Orenburg region, RSFSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft E-2
-1140
15
Construction of underground cavities
1112
U.S.
Cannikin
11/06/71
Amchitka Island , Alaska
UGE
WR
Shaft
-1792
5000
Test of warhead for Spartan missile
1113
China
11/18/71
Lop Nur
SGE
WR
Tower
15
1114
U.S.
Diagonal Line
11/24/71
NTS
UGE
WE
Shaft
-264
<20
DoD test
1115 1115/1 1115/2
USSR
11/29/71
STS
UGE
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • -
  • Tunnel 105
  • Tunnel 105
  • 0.001-20
  • 0.001-20
  • 0.001-20
1116
U.S.
Parnassia
11/30/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-330
<20
1117
U.S.
Chaenactis
12/14/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-331
20-200
1118
U.S.
Hospah
12/14/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-302
<20
1119
U.S.
Yerba
12/14/71
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-332
<20
1120
USSR
12/15/71
STS
UGE
WE
Tunnel 157
0.001-20
1121
USSR
12/22/71
Azgir, Guryev region, Kazakh SSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft A-IH
-986
64
Experiment to form cavities in salt
1122
USSR
12/30/71
STS
UGE
WR
Tunnel 809
0.001-20
1123
USSR
12/30/71
STS
UGE
WR
Tunnel 609
20-150
1972
1124
U.S.
Mescalero
01/05/72
NTS
UGE
WR | Shaft
-120
<20
1125
China
01/07/72
Lop Nur
AE
WR
Airdrop
8
1126
U.S.
Cowles
02/03/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-301
<20
1127
USSR
02/10/72
STS
UGE
WR
Shaft 1007
16
1128
U.S.
Dianthus
02/17/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-305
<20
1129 1129/1 1129/2
USSR
03/10/72
STS
UGE
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • -
  • Tunnel 201
  • Tunnel 201
  • 0.001-20
  • 0.001-20
  • 0.001-20
1130
China
03/18/72
Lop Nur
AE
WR
Airdrop
170
1131
U.S.
Sappho
03/23/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-197
<20
1132 1132/1 1132/2 1132/3
USSR
03/28/72
STS
UGE
  • WR
  • WR
  • PDD
  • SE
  • -
  • Tunnel 191
  • Tunnel 191
  • Tunnel 191
  • 0.001-20
  • 0.001-20
  • 0.001-20
  • <0.001
1133 1133/1 1133/2
U.S.
  • Onaja
  • Ocate
  • Onaja
03/30/72
NTS
UGE
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • -
  • Shaft
  • Shaft
  • <20
  • <20
  • <20
Simultaneous, separate holes
1134
USSR
Crater
04/11/72
Mary region, Turkmen SSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft
-1720
15
Elimination of a runaway gas well
1135
U.S.
Longchamps
04/19/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-326
<20
1136
U.S.
Jicarilla
04/19/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-148
<20
1137
USSR
04/20/72
STS
UGE
SE
Tunnel 505P
< 0.001
1138
U.S.
Misty North
05/02/72
NTS
UGE
WE
Tunnel
-377
<20
DoD test
1139
U.S.
Kara
05/11/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-259
<20
1140
U.S.
Zinnia
05/17/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-323
<20
1141
U.S.
Monero
05/19/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-538
<20
1142
U.S.
Merida
06/07/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-204
<20
1143
USSR
06/07/72
STS
UGE
WR
Tunnel 110
0.001-20
1144
USSR
06/07/72
STS
UGE
WE
Tunnel 601
0.001-20
1145
France
Umbriel
06/25/72
Mururoa, Polynesia
AE
WR
Balloon
230
0.5
1146
U.S.
Capitan
06/28/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-134
<20
1147
U.S.
Haplopappus
06/28/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-184
<20
1148
U.S.
Tajigue
06/28/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-332
<20
1149
France
Titania
06/30/72
Mururoa, Polynesia
AE
WR
Balloon
220
4
1150
USSR
07/06/72
STS
UGE
WE
Tunnel 157-M
0.001-20
1151
USSR
Fakel
07/09/72
Kharkov region, Ukrainian SSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft
-2483
3.8
Elimination of a runaway gas well
1152
U.S.
Diamond Sculls
07/20/72
NTS
UGE
WE
Tunnel
-424
<20
DoD test
1153
U.S.
Atargue
07/25/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-294
<20
1154
USSR
07/27/72
NZTS
UGE
FMS
Shaft Yu-3
0.001-20
1155
France
Oberon
07/27/72
Mururoa, Polynesia
AE
WR
Balloon
220
6
1156
France
Ariel
07/31/72
Mururoa, Polynesia
AE
SE
Tower
10
0.001
1157 1157/1 1157/2 1157/3
U.S.
  • Cuchillo
  • Cebolla
  • Cuchillo
  • Solano
08/09/72
NTS
UGE
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • SE
  • -
  • Shaft
  • Shaft
  • Shaft
  • -
  • -287
  • -
  • -
  • <20
  • <20
  • <20
  • <20
Simultaneous, separate holes
1158
USSR
08/16/72
STS
UGE
WE
Tunnel 708
8
1159
USSR
Region
08/20/72
Uralsk region, Kazakh SSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft R-3
-489
6.6
Seismic probing explosion
1160
USSR
08/26/72
STS
UGE
WR
Shaft 132
0.001-20
1161 1161/1 1161/2 1161/3 1161/4
USSR
08/28/72
NZTS
UGE
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • -
  • Tunnel A-16
  • Tunnel A-16
  • Tunnel A-16
  • Tunnel A-16
  • 150-1500
  • 150-1500
  • 20-150
  • 150-1500
  • 150-1500
1162
USSR
09/02/72
STS
UGE
WR
Shaft 128
2
1163
USSR
Dnepr-1
09/04/72
Murmansk region, RSFSR
UGE
IPE
Tunnel
-131
2.1
Development of technology for the breakage of ore
1164
U.S.
Oscuro
09/21/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-560
20-200
1165
USSR
Region
09/21/72
Orenburg region, RSFSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft R-1
-485
2.3
Seismic probing explosion
1166
U.S.
Delphinium
09/26/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-296
15
1167
USSR
Region
10/03/72
Kalmyk ASSR, RSFSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft R-4
-485
6.6
Seismic probing explosion
1168
USSR
11/02/72
STS
UGE
WR
Shaft 1061
165
Largest underground nuclear explosion in a shaft at STS
1169
U.S.
Akbar
11/09/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-266
<20
1170
U.S.
Arsenate
11/09/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-250
<20
1171 1171/1 1171/2
U.S.
  • Canna
  • Canna-Umbrinus
  • Canna-Limoges
11/17/72
NTS
UGE
  • WR
  • WR
  • SE
  • -
  • Shaft
  • Shaft
  • <20
  • <20
  • <20
Simultaneous, separate holes
1172
USSR
Region
11/24/72
Orenburg region, RSFSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft R-2
-675
2.3
Seismic probing explosion
1173
USSR
Region
11/24/72
Kustanay region, Kazakh SSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft R-5
-423
6.6
Seismic probing explosion
1174 1174/1 1174/2
USSR
12/10/72
STS
UGE
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • -
  • Tunnel Z-2
  • Tunnel 140
  • 20-150
  • 0.001-20
  • 20-150
1175
USSR
12/10/72
STS
UGE
PDD
Shaft 1204
140
1176
U.S.
Tuloso
12/12/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-271
<20
1177
U.S.
Solanum
12/14/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-201
<20
1178
U.S.
Flax-Source
12/21/72
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-688
<20
1179 1179/1 1179/2
U.S.
  • Flax
  • Flax-Test
  • Flax-Backup
12/21/72
NTS
UGE
  • WE
  • WE
  • WE
  • -
  • Shaft
  • Shaft
  • 20-200
  • 20-200
  • <20
Simultaneous, same hole
1180
USSR
12/28/72
STS
UGE
WR
Tunnel 25PP
0.001-20
1973
1181
U.S.
Alumroot
02/14/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-182
<20
1182
USSR
02/16/73
STS
UGE
WR
Tunnel 113
20-150
1183
U.S.
Miera
03/08/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-569
20-200
1184
U.S.
Gazook
03/23/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-326
<20
1185
U.S.
Natoma
04/05/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-243
<20
1186
USSR
04/19/73
STS
UGE
WR
Shaft 131
0.001-20
1187 1187/1 1187/2
U.S.
  • Angus
  • Angus
  • Velarde
04/25/73
NTS
UGE
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • -
  • Shaft
  • Shaft
  • -
  • -453
  • -277
  • 20-200
  • <20
  • <20
Simultaneous, separate holes
1188
U.S.
Starwort
04/26/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-564
90
1189
U.S.
Colmor
04/26/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-246
<20
1190
U.S.
Mesita
05/09/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-150
<20
1191 1191/1 1191/2 1191/3
U.S.
  • Rio Blanco
  • Rio Blanco-1
  • Rio Blanco-2
  • Rio Blanco-3
05/17/73
Colorado
UGE
  • IPE
  • IPE
  • IPE
  • IPE
  • -
  • Shaft
  • Shaft
  • Shaft
  • 99
  • 33
  • 33
  • 33
Program Plowshare. Simultaneous, same hole
1192
U.S.
Cabresto
05/24/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-197
<20
1193
U.S.
Kashan
05/24/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-265
<20
1194
U.S.
Dido Queen
06/05/73
NTS
UGE
WE
Tunnel
-390
<20
DoD test
1195
U.S.
Almendro
06/06/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-1060
200-1000
1196
U.S.
Potrillo
06/21/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-569
20-200
1197
China
06/27/73
Lop Nur
AE
WR
Airdrop
2000-3000
1198
U.S.
Portulaca
06/28/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-467
20-200
1199
U.S.
Silene
06/28/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-198
<20
1200 1200/1 1200/2 1200/3
USSR
07/10/73
STS
UGE
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • SE
  • -
  • Tunnel 806
  • Tunnel 806
  • Tunnel 806
  • 0.001-20
  • 0.001-20
  • 0.001-20
  • <0.001
1201
France
Euterpe
07/21/73
Mururoa, Polynesia
SE-AE
WR
Balloon
220
11
1202
USSR
07/23/73
STS
UGE
PDD
Shaft 1066
150-1500
1203
France
Melpomene
07/28/73
Mururoa, Polynesia
AE
WR
Balloon
270
0.05
1204
USSR
Meridian
08/15/73
Chimkent region, Kazakh SSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft MN-3
-600
6.3
Seismic probing explosion
1205
France
Pallas
08/18/73
Mururoa, Polynesia
AE
WR
Balloon
270
4
1206
France
Parthenope
08/24/73
Mururoa, Polynesia
AE
WR
Balloon
220
0.2
1207
USSR
Meridian
08/28/73
Turgay region, Kazakh SSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft MN-1
-395
6.3
Seismic probing explosion
1208
France
Tamara
08/29/73
Mururoa, Polynesia
AE
WR
Airdrop
6
1209 1209/1 1209/2 1209/3 1209/4
USSR
09/12/73
NZTS
UGE
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • WR
  • -
  • Tunnel V-1
  • Tunnel V-1
  • Tunnel V-1
  • Tunnel V-1
  • 1500-10000
  • 1500-10000
  • 150-1500
  • 150-1500
  • 150-1500
Largest Soviet underground nuclear test
1210
France
Vesta
09/13/73
Mururoa, Polynesia
SE-AE
SE
Tower
4
0
1211
USSR
Meridian
09/19/73
Chimkent region, Kazakh SSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft MN-2
-615
6.3
Seismic probing explosion
1212
USSR
09/20/73
STS
UGE
WR
Shaft 1267
< 0.001
1213
USSR
09/27/73
NZTS
UGE
FMS
Shaft Yu-4
20-150
1214
USSR
Sapfir
09/30/73
Orenburg region, RSFSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft E-3
-1145
10
Construction of underground cavities
1215
U.S.
Polygonum
10/02/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-213
<20
1216
U.S.
Waller
10/02/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-310
<20
1217
U.S.
Husky Ace
10/12/73
NTS
UGE
WE
Tunnel
-410
<20
DoD test
1218
USSR
Kama-2
10/26/73
Bashkir ASSR, RSFSR
UGE
IPE
Shaft
-2026
10
Technology for the burial of petroleum chemical industrial wastes
1219
USSR
10/26/73
STS
UGE
WE
Tunnel 205
0.001-20
1220
USSR
10/27/73
NZTS
UGE
WR
Shaft Yu-1
1500-10000
Largest Soviet underground nuclear test in a shaft
1221
USSR
11/04/73
STS
UGE
WR
Shaft 1069
0.001-20
1222
U.S.
Bernal
11/28/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-283
<20
1223
U.S.
Pajara
12/12/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-278
<20
1224
U.S.
Seafoam
12/13/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-198
<20
1225
USSR
12/14/73
STS
UGE
WR
Shaft 1064
20-150
1226
U.S.
Elida
12/19/73
NTS
UGE
WR
Shaft
-381
<20
1227
U.S.
Spar
12/19/73
NTS
UGE
SE
Shaft
-149
<20
1228
USSR
12/31/73
STS
L UGE
WR
Tunnel 21P
0.001-20