1979 Soviet nuclear tests

none List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union 1979 Nuclear Blast Animation Rising Mushroom Cloud.gif Nuclear blast animation Soviet Union Atyrau, Kazakhstan; Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Donetsk, Ukraine; Khanty-Mansi, Russia; Krasnoyarsk, Russia; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Sakha, Russia; Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 1979 31 underground shaft, tunnel 150 ktTNT in 1978 Soviet nuclear tests 1980 Soviet nuclear tests 1979 Soviet nuclear tests The Soviet Union's 1979 nuclear test series was a group of 31 nuclear tests conducted in 1979. These testsA bomb test may be a salvo test, defined as two or more explosions "where a period of time between successive individual explosions does not exceed 5 seconds and where the burial points of all explosive devices can be connected by segments of straight lines, each of them connecting two burial points and does not exceed 40 kilometers in length". V. N. Mikhailov Catalog of World Wide Nuclear Testing Begell-Atom, LLC http://www.iss-atom.ru/ksenia/catal_nt/1.htm 2013-12-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20140426102201/http://www.iss-atom.ru/ksenia/catal_nt/1.htm 2014-04-26 dead followed the 1978 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1980 Soviet nuclear tests series. + Soviet Union's 1979 series tests and detonations Name The US, France and Great Britain have code-named their test events, while the USSR and China did not, and therefore have only test numbers (with some exceptions – Soviet peaceful explosions were named). Word translations into English in parentheses unless the name is a proper noun. A dash followed by a number indicates a member of a salvo event. The US also sometimes named the individual explosions in such a salvo test, which results in "name1 – 1(with name2)". If test is canceled or aborted, then the row data like date and location discloses the intended plans, where known. Date time (UT) Local time zoneTo convert the UT time into standard local, add the number of hours in parentheses to the UT time; for local daylight saving time, add one additional hour. If the result is earlier than 00:00, add 24 hours and subtract 1 from the day; if it is 24:00 or later, subtract 24 hours and add 1 to the day. Historical time zone data obtained from the IANA time zone database.Time Zone Historical Database iana.com http://www.ietf.org/timezones/ March 8, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140311224729/http://www.ietf.org/timezones/ 2014-03-11 dead LocationRough place name and a latitude/longitude reference; for rocket-carried tests, the launch location is specified before the detonation location, if known. Some locations are extremely accurate; others (like airdrops and space blasts) may be quite inaccurate. "~" indicates a likely pro-forma rough location, shared with other tests in that same area. Elevation + height Elevation is the ground level at the point directly below the explosion relative to sea level; height is the additional distance added or subtracted by tower, balloon, shaft, tunnel, air drop or other contrivance. For rocket bursts the ground level is "N/A". In some cases it is not clear if the height is absolute or relative to ground, for example, Plumbbob/John. No number or units indicates the value is unknown, while "0" means zero. Sorting on this column is by elevation and height added together. Delivery,Atmospheric, airdrop, balloon, gun, cruise missile, rocket, surface, tower, and barge are all disallowed by the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Sealed shaft and tunnel are underground, and remained useful under the PTBT. Intentional cratering tests are borderline; they occurred under the treaty, were sometimes protested, and generally overlooked if the test was declared to be a peaceful use.Purpose Include weapons development, weapon effects, safety test, transport safety test, war, science, joint verification and industrial/peaceful, which may be further broken down. DeviceDesignations for test items where known, "?" indicates some uncertainty about the preceding value, nicknames for particular devices in quotes. This category of information is often not officially disclosed. YieldEstimated energy yield in tons, kilotons, and megatons. A ton of TNT equivalent is defined as 4.184 gigajoules (1 gigacalorie). FalloutRadioactive emission to the atmosphere aside from prompt neutrons, where known. The measured species is only iodine-131 if mentioned, otherwise it is all species. No entry means unknown, probably none if underground and "all" if not; otherwise notation for whether measured on the site only or off the site, where known, and the measured amount of radioactivity released. References Notes 512 Galit A2.6 (Halite)512 Galit A2.6 (Halite) dmy 1979 1 10 08:00:00.0 SHET (5 hrs) Atyrau, Kazakhstan: A-II-7 47.909 47.912 512 Galit A2.6 (Halite) inline 000000 – 600 m on underground shaft,cavity excavation 000005000 500 t Create reservoirs for gas storage. A fizzle. 513 Galit A8 (Halite) - 1513 Galit A8 (Halite) dmy 1979 1 17 07:59:58.5 SHET (5 hrs) Atyrau, Kazakhstan: A-VIII 47.91873 48.12376 513 Galit A8 (Halite) - 1 inline 000000 – 1000 m on underground shaft,cavity excavation 000120000 12 kt Venting detected Create reservoirs for gas storage. 513 Galit A8 (Halite) - 2513 Galit A8 (Halite) dmy 1979 1 17 07:59:58.5 SHET (5 hrs) Atyrau, Kazakhstan: A-VIII 47.91873 48.12376 513 Galit A8 (Halite) - 2 inline 000000 + underground shaft,cavity excavation 000560000 56 kt Venting detected Create reservoirs for gas storage. 514514 dmy 1979 2 1 04:13:00.17 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1006 50.08586 78.85137 514 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000180000 18 kt 515 - 1515 dmy 1979 2 16 04:04:00.5 ALMT (6 hrs) Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 109 49.96553 77.67082 515 - 1 inline 000460460 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000230000 23 kt 515 - 2515 dmy 1979 2 16 04:04:01 ALMT (6 hrs) Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 2803 49.96553 77.67082 515 - 2 inline 000460460 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 516516 dmy 1979 3 23 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 115p 49.81173 78.15933 516 inline 000602602 m on + tunnel,safety experiment 000000010 1000 kg 517517 dmy 1979 4 10 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 115p 49.81131 78.16243 517 inline 000602602 m on + tunnel,safety experiment 000000010 1000 kg 518 - 1518 dmy 1979 5 6 03:17:00.07 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 701p 49.7643 77.9993 518 - 1 inline 000704704 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000150000 15 kt 518 - 2518 dmy 1979 5 6 03:17:00.1 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 701p 49.7643 77.9993 518 - 2 inline 000704704 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 519 - 1519 dmy 1979 5 31 05:55:00.05 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 141 49.81765 78.06755 519 - 1 inline 000745745 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000170000 17 kt 519 - 2519 dmy 1979 5 31 05:55:00.1 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 141 49.81765 78.06755 519 - 2 inline 000745745 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 519 - 3519 dmy 1979 5 31 05:55:00.1 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 141 49.81765 78.06755 519 - 3 inline 000745745 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 519 - 4519 dmy 1979 5 31 05:55:00 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 136p 49.82679 78.06854 519 - 4 inline 000638638 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 520520 dmy 1979 6 12 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 115-ppp 49.81091 78.16508 520 inline 000602602 m on + tunnel,safety experiment 000000010 1000 kg 521521 dmy 1979 6 23 02:57:00.11 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1223 49.91608 78.84455 521 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 001490000 149 kt 522 - 1522 dmy 1979 7 7 03:46:59.87 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1225 50.04 78.98957 522 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000970000 97 kt 522 - 2522 dmy 1979 7 7 03:46:59.9 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1225 50.04 78.98957 522 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 523 Galit A11 (Halite) - 1523 Galit A11 (Halite) dmy 1979 7 14 04:59:58.0 SHET (5 hrs) Atyrau, Kazakhstan: A-XI 47.88195 48.12012 523 Galit A11 (Halite) - 1 inline 000000 – 980 m on underground shaft,cavity excavation 000070000 7 kt Create reservoirs for gas storage. 523 Galit A11 (Halite) - 2523 Galit A11 (Halite) dmy 1979 7 14 04:59:58.0 SHET (5 hrs) Atyrau, Kazakhstan: A-XI 47.88195 48.12012 523 Galit A11 (Halite) - 2 inline 000000 + underground shaft,cavity excavation 000070000 7 kt Create reservoirs for gas storage. 523 Galit A11 (Halite) - 3523 Galit A11 (Halite) dmy 1979 7 14 04:59:58.0 SHET (5 hrs) Atyrau, Kazakhstan: A-XI 47.88195 48.12012 523 Galit A11 (Halite) - 3 inline 000000 + underground shaft,cavity excavation 000070000 7 kt Create reservoirs for gas storage. 524524 dmy 1979 7 18 03:17:04.92 ALMT (6 hrs) Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 2613 49.92057 77.81339 524 inline 000460460 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000120000 12 kt 525525 dmy 1979 7 18 03:17:04.9 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 195p 49.7791 78.1027 525 inline 000600600 m on + tunnel,fundamental science 000140000 14 kt 526 - 1526 dmy 1979 8 4 03:56:59.67 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1085 49.90467 78.88634 526 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 001500000 150 kt 526 - 2526 dmy 1979 8 4 03:56:59.7 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1085 49.90467 78.88634 526 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 527 Kimberlit 4 (Kimberlite)527 Kimberlit 4 (Kimberlite) dmy 1979 8 12 18:00:00.2 YAKT (9 hrs) Sakha, Russia: KM-4 61.803 122.43 527 Kimberlit 4 (Kimberlite) inline 000000 – 980 m on underground shaft,seismic sounding 000085000 8.5 kt Seismic probing program. 528 - 1528 dmy 1979 8 18 02:51:59.71 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1226 49.9485 78.9185 528 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 001500000 150 kt 528 - 2528 dmy 1979 8 18 02:51:59.7 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1226 49.9485 78.9185 528 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 529 Kimberlit 3 (Kimberlite)529 Kimberlit 3 (Kimberlite) dmy 1979 9 6 18:00:00.3 KRAT (7 hrs) Krasnoyarsk, Russia: KM-3 64.11 99.562 529 Kimberlit 3 (Kimberlite) inline 000000 – 600 m on underground shaft,seismic sounding 000085000 8.5 kt Seismic probing program. 35 km SW Tura, Krasnoyarsk. 530 Klivazh (Cleavage)530 Klivazh (Cleavage) dmy 1979 9 16 09:00:00.0 MSK (3 hrs) Donetsk, Ukraine: Yunkom coal mine 48.21336 38.28162 530 Klivazh (Cleavage) inline 000000 – 900 m on tunnel,industrial, free methane gas, to lower danger of explosion 000003000 300 t Disaster in the making https://ukrainianweek.com/Society/212456 Denys Kazanskyi The Ukrainian Week 16 April 2018 The mine resumed normal operations the following day 531 - 1531 dmy 1979 9 24 03:29:58.75 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-32 73.343 54.672 531 - 1 inline 000000100 m on – 500 m on tunnel,weapons development 001300000 130 kt Venting detected on site, 170 Ci GBq on 531 - 2531 dmy 1979 9 24 03:29:58.8 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-32 73.343 54.672 531 - 2 inline 000100100 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 531 - 3531 dmy 1979 9 24 03:29:58.8 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-32 73.343 54.672 531 - 3 inline 000100100 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 532532 dmy 1979 9 27 04:13:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 175p 49.75 78.0399 532 inline 000682682 m on + tunnel,weapon effect 000016000 1.6 kt 533 Kimberlit 1 (Kimberlite)533 Kimberlit 1 (Kimberlite) dmy 1979 10 4 16:00:00.0 SVET (5 hrs) Khanty-Mansi, Russia: KM-1 60.675 71.455 533 Kimberlit 1 (Kimberlite) inline 000000 – 840 m on underground shaft,seismic sounding 000220000 22 kt Seismic probing program. 122 km SW Surgut. 534 Sheksna (Neva)534 Sheksna (Neva) dmy 1979 10 7 21:00:00.2 YAKT (9 hrs) Sakha, Russia: 47 61.85 113.1 534 Sheksna (Neva) inline 000000 – 1550 m on underground shaft,oil stimulation 000150000 15 kt Oil recovery intensification. 535 - 1535 dmy 1979 10 18 04:17:00.11 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 128 49.82 78.1003 535 - 1 inline 000659659 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000150000 15 kt 535 - 2535 dmy 1979 10 18 04:17:00.1 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 128 49.82 78.1003 535 - 2 inline 000659659 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 536 - 1536 dmy 1979 10 18 07:09:58.75 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-20 73.316 54.816 536 - 1 inline 000000100 m on – 500 m on tunnel,weapons development 001500000 150 kt Venting detected on site, 40 Ci GBq on 536 - 2536 dmy 1979 10 18 07:09:58.8 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-20 73.316 54.816 536 - 2 inline 000100100 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 536 - 3536 dmy 1979 10 18 07:09:58.8 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-20 73.316 54.816 536 - 3 inline 000100100 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 536 - 4536 dmy 1979 10 18 07:09:58.8 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-20 73.316 54.816 536 - 4 inline 000100100 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 537 Galit A10 (Halite) - 1537 Galit A10 (Halite) dmy 1979 10 24 05:59:59.0 SHET (5 hrs) Atyrau, Kazakhstan: A-X 47.85243 48.14327 537 Galit A10 (Halite) - 1 inline 000000 – 850 m on underground shaft,cavity excavation 000030000 3 kt Create reservoirs for gas storage. 537 Galit A10 (Halite) - 2537 Galit A10 (Halite) dmy 1979 10 24 05:59:59.0 SHET (5 hrs) Atyrau, Kazakhstan: A-X 47.85243 48.14327 537 Galit A10 (Halite) - 2 inline 000000 + underground shaft,cavity excavation 000300000 30 kt 538 - 1538 dmy 1979 10 28 03:16:59.55 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1224 49.99759 78.9945 538 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 001200000 120 kt 538 - 2538 dmy 1979 10 28 03:16:59.6 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1224 49.99759 78.9945 538 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 539539 dmy 1979 11 30 04:53:00.58 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 192p 49.7794 78.0953 539 inline 000635635 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000016000 1.6 kt 540 - 1540 dmy 1979 12 2 04:37:00.06 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1309 49.91024 78.78456 540 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000930000 93 kt 540 - 2540 dmy 1979 12 2 04:37:00.1 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1309 49.91024 78.78456 540 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,fundamental science 000000000 unknown yield 541541 dmy 1979 12 21 04:42:00.09 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 802p 49.7957 78.123 541 inline 000727727 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000036000 3.6 kt 542 - 1542 dmy 1979 12 23 04:56:59.9 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Glubokaya-1 49.93336 78.75111 542 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 001370000 137 kt 542 - 2542 dmy 1979 12 23 04:56:59.9 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Glubokaya-1 49.93336 78.75111 542 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield note References RFNC-VNIIEF 1996 USSR Nuclear Weapons Tests and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions 1949 through 1990 Sarov, Russia The official Russian list of Soviet tests. 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