1969 Soviet nuclear tests

1969 Soviet Union nuclear bomb tests List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union 1969 Nuclear Blast Animation Rising Mushroom Cloud.gif Nuclear blast animation Soviet Union Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Mangystau, Kazakhstan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Perm, Russia; Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Stavropol, Russia 1969 19 underground shaft, tunnel 540 ktTNT in 1968 Soviet nuclear tests 1970 Soviet nuclear tests 1969 Soviet nuclear tests The Soviet Union's 1969 nuclear test series was a group of 19 nuclear tests conducted in 1969. 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 1968 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1970 Soviet nuclear tests series. + Soviet Union's 1969 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 297297 dmy 1969 3 7 08:26:59.8 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Zh-2p 49.8215 78.0627 297 inline 000650650 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000490000 49 kt 298298 dmy 1969 4 4 04:57:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 19p 49.75437 78.05993 298 inline 000728728 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 299299 dmy 1969 4 13 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 24p 49.7362 78.1005 299 inline 000673673 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000000000 unknown yield 300300 dmy 1969 5 16 04:02:59.7 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 709 49.7594 78.0758 300 inline 000629629 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000160000 16 kt 301301 dmy 1969 5 31 05:01:59.4 ALMT (6 hrs) Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 108 49.95107 77.6865 301 inline 000460460 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000180000 18 kt 302 - 1302 dmy 1969 7 4 02:46:59.6 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 710 49.746 78.1113 302 - 1 inline 000599599 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000150000 15 kt 302 - 2302 dmy 1969 7 4 02:46:59.6 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 710 49.746 78.1113 302 - 2 inline 000599599 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 303303 dmy 1969 7 23 02:47:00.2 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 801 49.8156 78.1296 303 inline 000659659 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000160000 16 kt 304 Grifon (Griffin)304 Grifon (Griffin) dmy 1969 9 2 04:59:58.6 SVET (5 hrs) Perm, Russia: 1001 57.22 55.393 304 Grifon (Griffin) inline 000000 – 1210 m on underground shaft,oil stimulation 000076000 7.6 kt Oil recovery intensification. 305 Grifon (Griffin)305 Grifon (Griffin) dmy 1969 9 8 04:59:58.7 SVET (5 hrs) Perm, Russia: 1002 57.22 55.417 305 Grifon (Griffin) inline 000000 – 1210 m on underground shaft,oil stimulation 000076000 7.6 kt Oil recovery intensification. 306 - 1306 dmy 1969 9 11 04:02:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 503 49.7763 77.9967 306 - 1 inline 000682682 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000062000 6.2 kt 306 - 2306 dmy 1969 9 11 04:02:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 503 49.7763 77.9967 306 - 2 inline 000682682 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000000000 unknown yield 307 Stavropol307 Stavropol dmy 1969 9 26 06:59:58.1 MSK (3 hrs) Stavropol, Russia: ? 45.89 42.472 307 Stavropol inline 000000 – 725 m on underground shaft,oil stimulation 000100000 10 kt Gas extraction intensification. 308 - 1308 dmy 1969 10 1 04:02:59.9 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 607 49.7825 78.0983 308 - 1 inline 000634634 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000160000 16 kt 308 - 2308 dmy 1969 10 1 04:02:59.9 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 607 49.7825 78.0983 308 - 2 inline 000634634 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 309 - 1309 dmy 1969 10 14 07:00:06.61 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-7 73.39 54.787 309 - 1 inline 000000100 m on – 500 m on tunnel,weapons development 005400000 540 kt Venting detected, more than 1 MCi PBq on 80 military personnel witnessing the test were exposed to venting to levels of 40–80 rads. 309 - 2309 dmy 1969 10 14 07:00:06.6 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-7 73.39 54.787 309 - 2 inline 000100100 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 309 - 3309 dmy 1969 10 14 07:00:07 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-9 73.4 54.8 309 - 3 inline 000000100 m on – 520 m on tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield Venting detected off site, more than 1 kCi TBq on 310310 dmy 1969 10 30 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 506p 49.83878 78.11945 310 inline 000580580 m on + tunnel,safety experiment 000000000 unknown yield 311311 dmy 1969 11 27 05:02:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 511 49.83077 78.06776 311 inline 000600600 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000000000 unknown yield 312312 dmy 1969 11 30 03:32:59.7 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1054 49.92472 78.95522 312 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 001250000 125 kt 313 Say-Utes 2T313 Say-Utes 2T dmy 1969 12 6 07:02:59.9 SHET (5 hrs) Mangystau, Kazakhstan: 2-T 43.81986 54.78317 313 Say-Utes 2T inline 000000 – 410 m on underground shaft,earth moving 000300000 30 kt Alluvial crators created, possibly testing for thermonuke test site. 314314 dmy 1969 12 28 03:47:00.2 ALMT (6 hrs) Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 107 49.93742 77.71418 314 inline 000460460 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000400000 40 kt 315315 dmy 1969 12 29 04:02:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Sh-1 49.7337 78.1022 315 inline 000496496 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000100000 10 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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