(Source: U.S. Department of Energy)
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Totals by Year
1945-- 3 1966--40
1946-- 2 1967--28
1947-- O 1968--33
1948-- 3 1969--29
1949-- O 1970--30
1950-- O 1971--11
1951--16 1972-- 8
1952--10 1973-- 9
1953--11 1974-- 8
1954-- 6 1975--16
1955--18 1976--16
1956--18 1977--12
1957--32 1978--13
1958--77 1979--15
1959-- O 1980--17
1960-- O
1961--10 TOTAL: 691
1962--98 (Total includes 12
1963--43 joint American-
1964--30 British tests
1965--29 since 1962.)
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Totals by Type | Totals by Purpose
|
Airdrop/Airburst 55 | Warhead Development/Assessment 606
(mid-air) | (more than 85 percent for
Tower 56 | new weapons design testing)
Barge 36 | "Safety Experiments" 33
(in shallow lagoon) | Plowshare 27
Surface 28 | ("Peaceful uses" program)
(sea-level or | Joint US-UK 12
ground-level) | "Vela Uniform" 7
Balloon 25 | (Detection tests)
Rocket 15 | Storage/Transportation 4
| Combat 2
TOTAL ATMOSPHERIC: 212 | (Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
|
Shaft or Tunnel 465 |
Crater 9 |
|
TOTAL UNDERGROUND: 474 |
|
TOTAL UNDERWATER: 5 |
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Totals by Location
TOTAL PACIFIC: 106
Eniwetok 43
Christmas Island Area 24
Bikini 23
Johnson Island Area 12
Elsewhere in Pacific 4
TOTAL NEVADA TEST SITE: 563
TOTAL SOUTH ATLANTIC: 3
MISC. TOTAL: 19
Nevada, outside NTS 7
Amchitka, Alaska 3
Alamogordo, New Mexico 1
Japan 2
Carlsbad, New Mexico 1
Hattiesburg, Mississippi 2
Farmington, New Mexico 1
Grand Valley, Colorado 1
Rifle, Colorado 1