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Country | Soviet Union |
Test site | Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia |
Period | 1964 |
Number of tests | 9 |
Test type | tunnel |
Max. yield | 47 kilotonnes of TNT (200 TJ) |
Test series chronology | |
The Soviet Union's 1964 nuclear test series [1] was a group of 9 nuclear tests conducted in 1964. These tests followed the 1962 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1965 Soviet nuclear tests series.
Name [note 1] | Date time (UT) | Local time zone [note 2] [2] | Location [note 3] | Elevation + height [note 4] | Delivery, [note 5] Purpose [note 6] | Device [note 7] | Yield [note 8] | Fallout [note 9] | References | Notes |
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222 | 15 March 1964 08:00:00.4 | ALMT (6 hrs) | Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: A-6 49°48′58″N78°04′31″E / 49.816°N 78.0752°E | 710 m (2,330 ft) + | tunnel, weapon effect | 37 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | |||
223 | 16 May 1964 06:00:59.8 | ALMT (6 hrs) | Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: A-4 49°48′28″N78°06′07″E / 49.8077°N 78.102°E | 698 m (2,290 ft) – 260 m (850 ft) | tunnel, weapons development | 23.7 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | |||
224 | 6 June 1964 | ALMT (6 hrs) | Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: V-2 49°46′23″N77°59′12″E / 49.77307°N 77.98674°E | 700 m (2,300 ft) + | tunnel, fundamental science | 1.6 kt | [1] [3] [5] [6] [7] | |||
225 | 19 July 1964 06:00:00.6 | ALMT (6 hrs) | Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: A-5 49°48′33″N78°05′34″E / 49.8091°N 78.0929°E | 695 m (2,280 ft) + | tunnel, fundamental science | 26 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | |||
226 | 18 August 1964 06:00:00.0 | ALMT (6 hrs) | Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: A-8 49°49′19″N78°04′51″E / 49.82191°N 78.08077°E | 700 m (2,300 ft) + | tunnel, weapons development | 70 t | Venting detected | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [8] | Intended to be identical to first Semipalatinsk tunnel explosion, #117. | |
227 | 18 September 1964 08:00:00.4 | MSK (3 hrs) | NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: G 73°40′01″N54°31′59″E / 73.667°N 54.533°E | 100 m (330 ft) – 130 m (430 ft) | tunnel, fundamental science | 2 kt | Venting detected on site, 3.8 kCi (140 TBq) | [1] [5] [6] [7] [9] | ||
228 | 30 September 1964 | ALMT (6 hrs) | Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: A-6 49°49′07″N78°04′44″E / 49.81866°N 78.07898°E | 710 m (2,330 ft) + | tunnel, fundamental science | less than 20 kt | Venting detected | [1] [3] [5] [6] [7] | ||
229 | 25 October 1964 07:59:58.1 | MSK (3 hrs) | NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: B 73°23′13″N54°59′06″E / 73.387°N 54.985°E | 100 m (330 ft) – 400 m (1,300 ft) | tunnel, peaceful research | 20 kt | Venting detected on site, 1 MCi (37 PBq) | [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | ||
230 | 16 November 1964 06:00:00.2 | ALMT (6 hrs) | Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Z-5 49°48′31″N78°08′00″E / 49.8087°N 78.1334°E | 730 m (2,400 ft) + | tunnel, peaceful research | 47 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [10] |
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