1954 Soviet nuclear tests

none List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union 1954 Soviet Union Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Orenburg, Russia 1954 10 air drop, atmospheric, dry surface, tower 62 ktTNT in 1953 Soviet nuclear tests 1955 Soviet nuclear tests 1954 Soviet nuclear tests The Soviet Union's 1954 nuclear test series was a group of 10 nuclear tests conducted in 1954. These tests followed the 1953 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1955 Soviet nuclear tests series. + Soviet Union's 1954 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 9 (Joe 8)9 (Joe 8) dmy 1954 9 14 06:33:?? SVET (5 hrs) Orenburg, Russia 52.64418 52.80547 9 (Joe 8) inline 000350 + 350 m on air drop,military exercise RDS-3 000400000 40 kt Detonation of a nuclear weapon as a part of a military exercise at Totsk, MoD test site, Orenburg Region to gain experience on nuclear warfare. Maneuvers by troops and armour near the hypocenter shortly afterwards. 1010 dmy 1954 9 29 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 50.4 77.8 10 inline 000490280 m on + 210 m on atmospheric,weapons development 000002000 200 t 1111 dmy 1954 10 1 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 50.4 77.8 11 inline 000385280 m on + 105 m on atmospheric,weapons development 000000300 30 t 12 (Joe 9)12 (Joe 9) dmy 1954 10 3 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 50.4 77.8 12 (Joe 9) inline 000410280 m on + 130 m on atmospheric,weapons development 000020000 2 kt 13 (Joe 10)13 (Joe 10) dmy 1954 10 5 03:00:?? ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 50.416 77.74 13 (Joe 10) inline 000280280 m on + 0 dry surface,weapons development 000040000 4 kt 14 (Joe 11)14 (Joe 11) dmy 1954 10 8 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 50.4 77.8 14 (Joe 11) inline 000555280 m on + 275 m on atmospheric,weapons development 000008000 800 t 1515 dmy 1954 10 19 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 50.372 77.825 15 inline 000295280 m on + 15 m on tower,weapons development RDS-9/T-5 000000000 less than 0.001 kt First Soviet fizzle. T-5 torpedo charge. 16 (Joe 12)16 (Joe 12) dmy 1954 10 23 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 50.4 77.8 16 (Joe 12) inline 000690280 m on + 410 m on atmospheric,weapons development RDS-3I 000620000 62 kt RDS-3 with improved initiator. 17 (Joe 13)17 (Joe 13) dmy 1954 10 26 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 50.4 77.8 17 (Joe 13) inline 000390280 m on + 110 m on atmospheric,weapons development 000028000 2.8 kt 18 (Joe 14)18 (Joe 14) dmy 1954 10 30 04:00:?? ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 50.416 77.74 18 (Joe 14) inline 000335280 m on + 55 m on air drop,weapons development 000100000 10 kt Air dropped bomb, but with a very low height of burst. 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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William Leith September 1, 2001 The containment of Soviet underground nuclear explosions USGS Open File Report 01-312 https://geology.er.usgs.gov/eespteam/pdf/USGSOFR01312.pdf December 13, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130509080818/http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eespteam/pdf/USGSOFR01312.pdf May 9, 2013 1954 Category:1954 in the Soviet Union Category:1954 in military history Category:1954 explosions Category:September 1954 in Asia Category:October 1954 in Asia