1983–85 French nuclear tests

List of nuclear weapons tests of France 1983–1985 France Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll; Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll 1983–1985 25 underground shaft 80 ktTNT in 1981–82 French nuclear tests 1986–88 French nuclear tests 1983–85 French nuclear tests The France's 1983–1985 nuclear test series was a group of 25 nuclear tests conducted in 1983–1985. These tests followed the 1981–1982 French nuclear tests series and preceded the 1986–1988 French nuclear tests series. + France's 1983–1985 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 EurytosEurytos dmy 1983 4 19 18:53:00.2 TAHT (–10 hrs) Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll: Nerite1 ~ -21.85264 -138.89405 Eurytos inline 0000000 + underground shaft,weapons development 000400000 40 kt AutomédonAutomédon dmy 1983 4 25 17:32:59 TAHT (–10 hrs) Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll: Therese3 -21.87593 -138.85063 Automédon inline 0000055 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000002500 250 t CinyrasCinyras dmy 1983 5 25 17:31:00.1 TAHT (–10 hrs) Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll: Isurus1 ~ -21.86737 -138.94077 Cinyras inline 0000000 + underground shaft,weapons development 000420000 42 kt BurisisBurisis dmy 1983 6 18 17:31:00 TAHT (–10 hrs) Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll: Zoe3 -21.87864 -138.93836 Burisis inline 0000055 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000030000 3 kt OxylosOxylos dmy 1983 6 28 17:46:00.2 TAHT (–10 hrs) Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll: Murene1 ~ -21.85315 -138.90334 Oxylos inline 0000000 + underground shaft,weapons development 000200000 20 kt BattosBattos dmy 1983 7 20 20:30:00 TAHT (–10 hrs) Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll: Pieuvre1 ~ -21.8525 -138.87541 Battos inline 0000055 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000100000 10 kt CarnabonCarnabon dmy 1983 8 4 17:14:00.2 TAHT (–10 hrs) Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll: Pieuvre2 ~ -21.84785 -138.87541 Carnabon inline 0000000 + underground shaft,weapons development 000200000 20 kt LinosLinos dmy 1983 12 3 16:58:00 TAHT (–10 hrs) Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll: Zoe4 -21.87465 -138.93913 Linos inline 0000055 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000040000 4 kt GygesGyges dmy 1983 12 7 17:28:00.3 TAHT (–10 hrs) Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll: Labre1 ~ -21.85365 -138.91277 Gyges inline 0000000 + underground shaft,weapons development 000150000 15 kt DémophonDémophon dmy 1984 5 8 17:26:00 TAHT (–10 hrs) Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll: Ara7 -21.88318 -138.95231 Démophon inline 0000055 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000050000 5 kt MidasMidas dmy 1984 5 12 17:31:00.0 TAHT (–10 hrs) Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll: janie2 ~ -21.85965 -138.93121 Midas inline 0000000 + underground shaft,weapons development 000560000 56 kt AristéeAristée dmy 1984 6 12 17:16:00 TAHT (–10 hrs) Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll: Dahlia8 -21.87603 -138.85497 Aristée inline 0000055 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000050000 5 kt EchemosEchemos dmy 1984 6 16 17:44:00.0 TAHT (–10 hrs) Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll: Murene3 ~ -21.84419 -138.90334 Echemos inline 0000000 + underground shaft,weapons development 000340000 34 kt MachaonMachaon dmy 1984 10 27 17:16:00.4 TAHT (–10 hrs) Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll: Fuschia4 -21.87394 -138.93358 Machaon inline 0000055 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000050000 5 kt AcasteAcaste dmy 1984 11 2 20:45:00.1 TAHT (–10 hrs) Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll: Hippocampe1 ~ -21.8702 -138.95046 Acaste inline 0000000 + underground shaft,weapons development 000340000 34 kt MilétosMilétos dmy 1984 12 1 16:51:00 TAHT (–10 hrs) Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll ~ -21.8346 -138.8546 Milétos inline 0000055 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000005000 500 t MemnonMemnon dmy 1984 12 6 17:29:00.2 TAHT (–10 hrs) Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll ~ -21.83919 -138.8546 Memnon inline 0000000 + underground shaft,weapons development 000530000 53 kt CercyonCercyon dmy 1985 4 30 17:29:00.6 TAHT (–10 hrs) Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll: Yvonne3 -21.86854 -138.92079 Cercyon inline 0000055 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000130000 13 kt NisosNisos dmy 1985 5 8 20:28:00.2 TAHT (–10 hrs) Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll: Exocet8 -21.86923 -138.97854 Nisos inline 0000000 + underground shaft,weapons development 000800000 80 kt TalaosTalaos dmy 1985 6 3 17:30:00.6 TAHT (–10 hrs) Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll: Zoe1 -21.88003 -138.93971 Talaos inline 0000055 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000110000 11 kt ErginosErginos dmy 1985 6 7 17:40:00 TAHT (–10 hrs) Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll: Pieuvre1 ~ -21.8 -138.87541 Erginos inline 0000000 + underground shaft,weapons development 000050000 5 kt HéroHéro dmy 1985 10 24 17:50:00 TAHT (–10 hrs) Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll: Zoe6 -21.87775 -138.93672 Héro inline 0000005 m on – 700 m on underground shaft,weapons development TN-81 ? 000020000 2 kt CodrosCodros dmy 1985 10 26 16:35:00.2 TAHT (–10 hrs) Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll: Nerite15 ~ -21.83957 -138.89405 Codros inline 0000000 + underground shaft,weapons development 000200000 20 kt ZétesZétes dmy 1985 11 24 16:01:00.7 TAHT (–10 hrs) Rim zone, Areas 1–2, Moruroa Atoll: Simone8 -21.86406 -138.82535 Zétes inline 0000055 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000050000 5 kt MégaréeMégarée dmy 1985 11 26 17:42:00.1 TAHT (–10 hrs) Lagoon, Areas 5–7, Moruroa Atoll: Janie3 ~ -21.85423 -138.93121 Mégarée inline 0000000 + underground shaft,weapons development Hadès 000540000 54 kt note References Norris Robert S. 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