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Arzamas-16
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Nuclear explosion Hearts data
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Country
USA
Operation
Quicksilver
Date
1979-09-06
Yield
140 kT
USA - Quicksilver - Hearts
Destroyed Cresset/Transom device which didn't detonate.
Base info
USA
Quicksilver
Operation Quicksilver - 140 kT out of 718 kT
20%
Locations
NTS
Areas 1-4
6-10 (Yucca Flat)
NTS - 140 kT out of 39.3 MT
0.4%
Areas 1-4 - 140 kT out of 18.3 MT
0.8%
6-10 (Yucca Flat) - 140 kT out of 18.3 MT
0.8%
Purposes
Weapon Development
Military tests
Deliveries
Underground
Underground shaft
Underground - 140 kT out of 88.7 MT
0.2%
Underground shaft - 140 kT out of 67.8 MT
0.2%
NTS Areas 1-4 6-10 (Yucca Flat) Map