1966 Soviet nuclear tests

1966 Soviet Union nuclear bomb tests List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union 1966 Nuclear Blast Animation Rising Mushroom Cloud.gif Nuclear blast animation Soviet Union Atyrau, Kazakhstan; Bukhara, Uzbekistan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 1966 18 underground shaft, tunnel 700 ktTNT in 1965 Soviet nuclear tests 1967 Soviet nuclear tests 1966 Soviet nuclear tests The Soviet Union's 1966 nuclear test series was a group of 18 nuclear tests conducted in 1966. 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 2013-12-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20140426102201/http://www.iss-atom.ru/ksenia/catal_nt/1.htm 2014-04-26 dead followed the 1965 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1967 Soviet nuclear tests series. + Soviet Union's 1966 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. All historical time zone data are derived from here: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 245245 dmy 1966 2 13 04:58:00.1 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: E-1 49.8089 78.121 245 inline 000410730 m on – 320 m on tunnel,peaceful research 001250000 125 kt Highest yield shaft test at Semipalatinsk. 246246 dmy 1966 3 20 05:50:00.3 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 11 49.7616 78.0239 246 inline 000455765 m on – 310 m on tunnel,weapons development 001000000 100 kt 247247 dmy 1966 4 21 03:58:00.1 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: A-4p 49.8097 78.1 247 inline 000698698 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000220000 22 kt 248 Galit A1 (Halite)248 Galit A1 (Halite) dmy 1966 4 22 02:58:00.3 SHET (5 hrs) Atyrau, Kazakhstan: A-I 47.8297 47.93477 248 Galit A1 (Halite) inline 000000 – 165 m on underground shaft,cavity excavation 000011000 1.1 kt Venting detected Cavity production in rock salt. 249249 dmy 1966 5 7 03:58:00.2 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 25 49.7429 78.105 249 inline 000739739 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000040000 4 kt 250250 dmy 1966 6 29 06:58:00.5 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Z-6 49.8344 78.0734 250 inline 000600600 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000420000 42 kt 251251 dmy 1966 7 21 03:58:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 24 49.7367 78.097 251 inline 000673673 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000240000 24 kt 252252 dmy 1966 8 5 03:57:59.6 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 17 49.7643 78.0424 252 inline 000748748 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000320000 32 kt 253253 dmy 1966 8 19 03:52:59.9 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Z-1p 49.8271 78.1088 253 inline 000630630 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000100000 10 kt 254254 dmy 1966 9 7 03:51:59.7 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Zh-1p 49.8288 78.0637 254 inline 000630630 m on + tunnel,fundamental science 000046000 4.6 kt 255 Urta-Bulak255 Urta-Bulak dmy 1966 9 30 05:59:51.0 SAMT (5 hrs) Bukhara, Uzbekistan: 1-s 39.2182 64.56684 255 Urta-Bulak inline 000000 – 1532 m on underground shaft,extinguishing oil/gas fires 000300000 30 kt Gas fire shaft closure. 256256 dmy 1966 10 19 03:57:59.9 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 13 49.7471 78.0205 256 inline 000721721 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000550000 55 kt 258258 dmy 1966 10 27 05:57:58.1 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-2 73.387 54.836 258 inline 000000100 m on – 700 m on tunnel,weapons development R-27 (ballistic missile) Warhead 007000000 700 kt Venting detected off site, 10 MCi PBq on 257257 dmy 1966 10 27 06:00:?? MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-1 73.4 54.8 257 inline 000100100 m on + tunnel,weapons development R-27 (ballistic missile) Warhead 007000000 700 kt Venting detected off site, 10 MCi PBq on 259259 dmy 1966 10 29 03:58:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: G 49.78424 78.00541 259 inline 000705705 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 260260 dmy 1966 11 19 03:58:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Zh-3p 49.82768 78.05307 260 inline 000625625 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 261 - 1261 dmy 1966 12 3 05:02:00.2 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 14 49.7469 78.0334 261 - 1 inline 000665665 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000046000 4.6 kt 261 - 2261 dmy 1966 12 3 05:02:00.2 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 14 49.7469 78.0334 261 - 2 inline 000665665 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000000000 unknown yield 262262 dmy 1966 12 18 04:58:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 101 49.92515 77.74706 262 inline 000460460 m on + underground shaft,peaceful research 001000000 100 kt Venting detected 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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