1967 Soviet nuclear tests

1967 Soviet Union nuclear bomb tests List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union Nuclear Blast Animation Rising Mushroom Cloud.gif 1967 Nuclear blast animation Soviet Union Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Tyumen, Russia 1967 17 underground shaft, tunnel 260 ktTNT in 1966 Soviet nuclear tests 1968 Soviet nuclear tests 1967 Soviet nuclear tests The Soviet Union's 1967 nuclear test series was a group of 17 nuclear tests conducted in 1967. 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 2013-12-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20140426102201/http://www.iss-atom.ru/ksenia/catal_nt/1.htm 2014-04-26 dead followed the 1966 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1968 Soviet nuclear tests series. + Soviet Union's 1967 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 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 263 - 1263 dmy 1967 1 30 04:01:59.5 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 611 49.7674 77.9914 263 - 1 inline 000727727 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000046000 4.6 kt 263 - 2263 dmy 1967 1 30 04:01:59.5 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 611 49.7674 77.9914 263 - 2 inline 000727727 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 264264 dmy 1967 2 26 03:57:59.8 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 21 49.7457 78.0823 264 inline 000676676 m on + tunnel,fundamental science 001300000 130 kt 265 - 1265 dmy 1967 3 25 05:58:01.1 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 19 49.7536 78.063 265 - 1 inline 000728728 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000180000 18 kt 265 - 2265 dmy 1967 3 25 05:58:01.1 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 19 49.7536 78.063 265 - 2 inline 000728728 m on + tunnel,weapon effect 000000000 unknown yield 266266 dmy 1967 4 20 04:08:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 25p 49.7416 78.1054 266 inline 000739739 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000370000 37 kt 267 - 1267 dmy 1967 5 28 04:07:59.6 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 11p 49.7564 78.0169 267 - 1 inline 000765765 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000280000 28 kt Venting detected 267 - 2267 dmy 1967 5 28 04:07:59.6 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 11p 49.7564 78.0169 267 - 2 inline 000765765 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000000000 unknown yield Venting detected 268268 dmy 1967 6 29 02:56:59.9 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 703 49.8167 78.049 268 inline 000653653 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000200000 20 kt 269269 dmy 1967 7 15 03:26:59.9 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 506 49.8359 78.1182 269 inline 000580580 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000230000 23 kt 270 - 1270 dmy 1967 8 4 06:58:00.3 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 18 49.7603 78.0555 270 - 1 inline 000537537 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000190000 19 kt 270 - 2270 dmy 1967 8 4 06:58:00.3 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 18 49.7603 78.0555 270 - 2 inline 000537537 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 271271 dmy 1967 9 2 04:04:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 13p 49.74487 78.02234 271 inline 000721721 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000007000 700 t 272272 dmy 1967 9 16 04:04:00.3 ALMT (6 hrs) Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 102 49.93769 77.72794 272 inline 000460460 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000160000 16 kt 273273 dmy 1967 9 22 05:03:59.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 105 49.96006 77.69059 273 inline 000460460 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000100000 10 kt 274 Tavda274 Tavda dmy 1967 10 6 06:59:57.5 SVET (5 hrs) Tyumen, Russia: Tavda sft 57.69 65.27 274 Tavda inline 000000 – 170 m on underground shaft,cavity excavation 000003000 300 t 275 - 1275 dmy 1967 10 17 05:04:00.2 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: B 49.7809 78.0038 275 - 1 inline 000698698 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000450000 45 kt 275 - 2275 dmy 1967 10 17 05:04:00.2 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: B 49.7809 78.0038 275 - 2 inline 000698698 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000000000 unknown yield 276 - 1276 dmy 1967 10 21 04:59:58.49 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-4 73.39 54.81 276 - 1 inline 000000100 m on – 600 m on tunnel,weapons development 002600000 260 kt Venting detected on site, 10 Ci GBq on 276 - 2276 dmy 1967 10 21 04:59:59 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-5 73.39 54.81 276 - 2 inline 000000100 m on – 500 m on tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 277277 dmy 1967 10 30 06:04:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 501 49.7944 78.0079 277 inline 000670670 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000250000 25 kt 278278 dmy 1967 11 22 04:03:59.9 ALMT (6 hrs) Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 106 49.94238 77.68593 278 inline 000460460 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000016000 1.6 kt 279279 dmy 1967 12 8 06:03:59.8 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 507 49.8171 78.1638 279 inline 000504504 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000190000 19 kt 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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