1989 Soviet nuclear tests

none List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union 1989 Soviet Union Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 1989 7 underground shaft, tunnel 118 ktTNT in 1988 Soviet nuclear tests 1990 Soviet nuclear tests 1989 Soviet nuclear tests The Soviet Union's 1989 nuclear test series was a group of 7 nuclear tests conducted in 1989. 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". Mikhailov, V. N. 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 1988 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1990 Soviet nuclear tests series. Nuclear tests 714 Test 714 consisted of three devices with a combined yield of 85 ktTNT. This was the last nuclear test at Semipalatinsk. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.; Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Moscow. Inst. for Dynamics of Geospheres. Adushkin V. V. Leith W. Containment of Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions. 2022-11-11 2001 https://ntrl.ntis.gov/NTRL/dashboard/searchResults/titleDetail/PB2009102059.xhtml 7 2022-11-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20221111101425/https://ntrl.ntis.gov/NTRL/dashboard/searchResults/titleDetail/PB2009102059.xhtml live List of nuclear tests + Soviet Union's 1989 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 708 - 1708 dmy 1989 1 22 03:57:09.06 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1328 49.94029 78.81603 708 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 001180000 118 kt 708 - 2708 dmy 1989 1 22 03:57:09.1 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1328 49.94029 78.81603 708 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 709709 dmy 1989 2 12 04:15:09.26 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1366 49.9174 78.71217 709 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000630000 63 kt 710710 dmy 1989 2 17 04:01:09.22 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 139 49.8235 78.068 710 inline 000648648 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000100000 10 kt 711711 dmy 1989 7 8 03:47:00.09 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1352 49.86849 78.77867 711 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000220000 22 kt 712 - 1712 dmy 1989 9 2 04:16:59.85 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1410 50.00945 78.98467 712 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000060000 6 kt 712 - 2712 dmy 1989 9 2 04:16:59.9 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1410 50.00945 78.98467 712 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 713713 dmy 1989 10 4 11:30:00.16 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 169/2 49.7498 78.0117 713 inline 000586680 m on – 94 m on tunnel,weapon effect 000040000 4 kt 714 - 1714 dmy 1989 10 19 09:49:59.98 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1365 49.92222 78.90833 714 - 1 inline 000000330 m on – 628 m on underground shaft,weapons development 000850000 85 kt 714 - 2714 dmy 1989 10 19 09:50:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1365 49.92222 78.90833 714 - 2 inline 000000330 m on – 592 m on underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 714 - 3714 dmy 1989 10 19 09:50:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1365 49.92222 78.90833 714 - 3 inline 000000330 m on – 556 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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