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| DeBACA was a balloon burst fired October
26, 1958. Since July 1962, all NTS weapons tests have been underground. |
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This report documents all continental tests from September
15, 1961, through September 23, 1992, from which radioactive effluents
were released. The report includes both updated information previously
published in the publicly available May 1990 report, DOE/NV-317, Radiological
Effluents Released from Announced U.S. Continental Tests 1961 through 1988,
and effluent release information on formerly unannounced tests.
General information provided for each test includes the
date, time, location, type of test, sponsoring laboratory and/or agency
or other sponsor, depth of burial, purpose, yield or yield range, extent
of the release (onsite only or offsite), and category of release (detonation-time
versus posttest operations). Where a test with simultaneous detonations
is listed, location, depth of burial and yield information are given for
each detonation if applicable, as well as the specific source of the release,
if available. |
