1990 Soviet nuclear tests

none List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union 1990 Soviet Union Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 1990–1991 2 underground cavity in tunnel, tunnel 70 ktTNT in 1989 Soviet nuclear tests 1990 Soviet nuclear tests The Soviet Union's 1990 nuclear test series was a group of 2 nuclear tests conducted in 1990–1991. 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 1989 Soviet nuclear tests series. + Soviet Union's 1990 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 715 - 1715 dmy 1990 10 24 14:57:58.45 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A13N 73.331 54.757 715 - 1 inline 000000100 m on – 600 m on tunnel,weapons development 000700000 70 kt 715 - 2715 dmy 1990 10 24 14:57:58.5 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A13N 73.331 54.757 715 - 2 inline 000000100 m on – 600 m on tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 715 - 3715 dmy 1990 10 24 14:57:58.5 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A13N 73.331 54.757 715 - 3 inline 000000100 m on – 600 m on tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 715 - 4715 dmy 1990 10 24 14:57:58.5 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A13N 73.331 54.757 715 - 4 inline 000000100 m on – 600 m on tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 715 - 5715 dmy 1990 10 24 14:57:58.5 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A13N 73.331 54.757 715 - 5 inline 000000100 m on – 600 m on tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 715 - 6715 dmy 1990 10 24 14:57:58.5 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A13N 73.331 54.757 715 - 6 inline 000000100 m on – 600 m on tunnel,weapons development 000000010 1000 kg 715 - 7715 dmy 1990 10 24 14:57:58.5 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A13N 73.331 54.757 715 - 7 inline 000000100 m on – 600 m on tunnel,weapons development 000000010 1000 kg 715 - 8715 dmy 1990 10 24 14:57:58.5 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A13N 73.331 54.757 715 - 8 inline 000000100 m on – 600 m on 000000010 1000 kg Left behind(aborted)Left behind dmy 1991 5 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 108k 49.75565 77.98639 Left behind inline 000000 – 129 m on underground cavity in tunnel,weapon effect 000000000 no yield Left in a shaft alcove in a mine tunnel in Degelen when the Soviets abandoned the Semipalatinsk site. Destroyed by 400 kg of HE on 31 May 1995 by a combined Kazakh-Russian project.Nazarbayev N.A Shkolnik V.S Batyrbekov E.G Berezin S.A Lukashenko S.N Skakov M.K 2017 Scientific, Technical and Engineering Work to Ensure the Safety of the Former Semipalatinsk Test Site https://irse.nnc.kz/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Vol-1_web_Final.pdf Worldwide Pro Media 92–95 978-90-827148-1-4 Edwards Rob 10 June 1995 Blast wakes ghosts of nuclear past https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14619810-300-blast-wakes-ghosts-of-nuclear-past/ New Scientist 30 January 2021 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. Podvig Pavel 2001 Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces MIT Press Cambridge, MA https://books.google.com/books?id=CPRVbYDc-7kC&pg=PA453 January 9, 2014 9780262661812 Won-Young Kim Paul G. 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