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Operation Project 58/58A [1] was a series of 4 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1957–1958 at the Nevada Test Site. These tests followed the Operation Plumbbob series and preceded the Operation Hardtack I series. All the tests in Project 58 were one-point safety tests. [2]
Operation Storax [1] was a series of 47 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1962–1963 at the Nevada Test Site. These tests followed the Operation Fishbowl series and preceded the Operation Roller Coaster series.
The lab continued to test and evaluate technologies and systems addressing homeland security threats, and helped the Tri-State homeland security community. [ 19 ] In an interview published in 2011, [ 20 ] laboratory director Adam Hutter said the lab is "the last remaining federal facility from the Manhattan Project which is still located in ...
Nuclear Testing.. National Response Scenario Number One is the United States federal government's planned response to a small scale nuclear attack. [1] It is one of the National Response Scenarios developed by the United States Department of Homeland Security, considered the most likely of fifteen emergency scenarios to impact the United States.
Operation Roller Coaster [1] was a series of four nuclear tests conducted jointly by the United States and the United Kingdom in 1963, at the Nevada Test Site. [2] The tests did not involve the detonation of any nuclear weapons.
Greenwater, a Lawrence Livermore test, was to be fired in Area 19, [10] and was a test of an x-ray laser system. [12] The test was cancelled 16 July 1992. [13] The Greenwater nuclear device had already been assembled at the time of cancellation, and had to be dismantled. [14] A fourth test, Mighty Uncle, was planned for 1993.
Operation Hardtack I was a series of 35 nuclear tests conducted by the United States from April 28 to August 18 in 1958 at the Pacific Proving Grounds. [1] [2]: 212 At the time of testing, the Operation Hardtack I test series included more nuclear detonations than the total of prior nuclear explosions in the Pacific Ocean.
The United States's Aqueduct nuclear test series [1] was a group of 10 nuclear tests conducted in 1989–1990. These tests [ note 1 ] followed the Operation Cornerstone series and preceded the Operation Sculpin series.