Nuclear explosion 231 Chagan data

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Country
USSR
Operation
1965
Date
1965-01-15
Yield
140 kT

USSR - 1965 - 231 Chagan

Equivalent to USSedan experiment. The crater and a backup impoundment became Lake Chagan or Balapin crater 408 x 100 m.

Base info

USSR - Year 1965 - 140 kT out of 343 kT

41%

Locations

Semiplatinsk - 140 kT out of 12.2 MT

1.2%

Balapan - 140 kT out of 8.3 MT

1.7%

1004 - 140 kT out of 140 kT

100%

Purposes

Industrial - 140 kT out of 1.3 MT

11%

Earthmoving - 140 kT out of 191 kT

73%

Peaceful use - 140 kT out of 5.2 MT

2.7%

Deliveries

Underground - 140 kT out of 88.7 MT

0.2%

Underground shaft - 140 kT out of 67.8 MT

0.2%

Semiplatinsk Balapan 1004 Map