1964 Soviet nuclear tests

none List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union 1964 Nuclear Blast Animation Rising Mushroom Cloud.gif Nuclear blast animation Soviet Union Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 1964 9 tunnel 47 ktTNT in 1962 Soviet nuclear tests 1965 Soviet nuclear tests 1964 Soviet nuclear tests The Soviet Union's 1964 nuclear test series was a group of 9 nuclear tests conducted in 1964. These tests followed the 1962 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1965 Soviet nuclear tests series. + Soviet Union's 1964 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 222222 dmy 1964 3 15 08:00:00.4 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: A-6 49.816 78.0752 222 inline 000710710 m on + tunnel,weapon effect 000370000 37 kt 223223 dmy 1964 5 16 06:00:59.8 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: A-4 49.8077 78.102 223 inline 000438698 m on – 260 m on tunnel,weapons development 000237000 23.7 kt 224224 dmy 1964 6 6 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: V-2 49.77307 77.98674 224 inline 000700700 m on + tunnel,fundamental science 000016000 1.6 kt 225225 dmy 1964 7 19 06:00:00.6 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: A-5 49.8091 78.0929 225 inline 000695695 m on + tunnel,fundamental science 000260000 26 kt 226226 dmy 1964 8 18 06:00:00.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: A-8 49.82191 78.08077 226 inline 000700700 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000700 70 t Venting detected Intended to be identical to first Semipalatinsk tunnel explosion, #117. 227227 dmy 1964 9 18 08:00:00.4 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: G 73.667 54.533 227 inline 000000100 m on – 130 m on tunnel,fundamental science 000020000 2 kt Venting detected on site, 3.8 kCi TBq on 228228 dmy 1964 9 30 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: A-6 49.81866 78.07898 228 inline 000710710 m on + tunnel,fundamental science 000000000 less than 20 kt Venting detected 229229 dmy 1964 10 25 07:59:58.1 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: B 73.387 54.985 229 inline 000000100 m on – 400 m on tunnel,peaceful research 000200000 20 kt Venting detected on site, 1 MCi PBq on 230230 dmy 1964 11 16 06:00:00.2 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Z-5 49.8087 78.1334 230 inline 000730730 m on + tunnel,peaceful research 000470000 47 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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