Operation Nougat 1961- 1962

Serie på 45 hovedsagelig underjordiske amerikanske  atomvåbenforsøg i Nevada forsøgsområdet og i Carlsbad, Ny Mexico, i den første del af den kolde krig.
Oplysninger om operationen er stadig skjulte som klassificeret eller maskeret information.
Atomvåbenforsøgene kom efter Operation Hardtack II og før Operation Dominic.
Arkiv: National Archives: Records of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, (Record Group 374), 1943-73.
Atomvåbenforsøgene omfattede / The nuclear weapons tests included
  1. Antler 15. september 1961 2.6 kilotons
  2. Shrew 16. september 1961 20 kt
  3. Boomer 1. oktober 1961 20 kt
  4. Chena 10. oktober 1961 20 kt
  5. Mink 29. oktober 1961 20 kt
  6. Fisher 3. december 1962 13.4 kt
  7. Gnome 10. december 1962 3 kt
  8. Mad 13. december 1962 0.5 kt
  9. Ringtail 17. december 1962 20 kt
  10. Feather 22. december 1962 0.15 kt
  11. Stoat 9. januar 1962 5.1 kt
  12. Agouti 18. januar 1962 6.4 kt
  13. Dormouse 30. januar 1962 20 kt
  14. Stillwater 8. februar 1962 3.07 kt
  15. Armadillo 9. februar 1962 7.1 kt
  16. Hard Hat 15. februar 1962 5.7 kt
  17. Chinchilla I 19. februar 1962 1.9 kt
  18. Codsaw 19. februar 1962 20 kt
  19. Cimarron 23. februar 1962 11.9 kt
  20. Platypus 24. februar 1962 20 kt
  21. Pampas 1. mars 1962 9.5 kt
  22. Danny Boy 5. mars 1962 0.43 kt
  23. Ermine 6. mars 1962 20 kt
  24. Brazos 8. mars 1962 8.4 kt
  25. Hognose 15. mars 1962 20 kt
  26. Hoosic 28. mars 1962 3.4 kt
  27. Chinchilla II 31. mars 1962 20 kt
  28. Dormouse Prime 5. april 1962 10.6 kt
  29. Passaic 6. april 1962 20 kt
  30. Hudson 12. april 1962 20 kt
  31. Platte 14. april 1962 1.85 kt
  32. Dead 21. april 1962 20 kt
  33. Black 27. april 1962 20 kt
  34. PACA 7. maj 1962 20 kt
  35. Arikaree 10. maj 1962 20 kt
  36. Aardvark 12. maj 1962 40 kt
  37. Eel 19. maj 1962 4.5 kt
  38. White 25. maj 1962 20 kt
  39. Raccoon 1. juni 1962 20 kt
  40. Packrat 6. juni 1962 20 kt
  41. Des Moines 13. juni 1962 2.9 kt
  42. Daman I 21. juni 1962 20 kt
  43. Haymaker 27. juni 1962 67 kt
  44. Marshmallow 28. juni 1962 20 kt
  45. Sacramento 30. juni 1962 20 kt
Se tillige: Operation Anvil ; Aqueduct ; Arbor ; Argus ; Bedrock ; Bowline ; Buster-Jangle ; Castle ; Chariot ; Charioteer ; Cornerstone ; Cresset ; Crossroads ; Crosstie ; Cue ; Dominic ; Dominic II ; Dugout ; Emery ; Fishbowl ; Flintlock ; Fulcrum ; Fusileer ; Greenhouse ; Grenadier ; Grommet ; Guardian ; Hardtack I ; Hardtack II ; Ivy ; Julin ; Latchkey ; Little Feller ; Mandrel ; Musketeer ; Newsreel ; Niblick ; Phalanx ; Plowshare ; Plumbbob ; Praetorian ; Project 56 ; Project 57 ; Project 58 ; Project 58A ; Quicksilver ; Ranger ; Redwing ; Roller Coaster ; Sandstone ; Sculpin ; Storax ; Sunbeam ; Teapot ; Tinderbox ; Toggle ; Touchstone ; Trinity ; Tumbler-Snapper ; Upshot-Knothole ; Whetstone ; Wigwam.
Miljøforurening
/ Contamination, environmental pollution
Se også: Barium ; beryllium ; cerium ; cæsium ; jod ; krypton ; lanthanum ; molybdæn ; neptunium ; niobium ; plutonium ; polonium ; radioaktivitet ; ruthenium ; strontium-90 ; tellur ; tritium ; uran ; xenon ; zirkonium.

Litteratur

Final report of off-site surveillance for Operation Nougat September 15, 1961 - June 30, 1962 / Southwestern Radiological Health Lab., Las Vegas, Nev. ; Southwestern Radiological Health Lab., Las Vegas, Nev. 1964. - 213 s.
Hacker, Barton C.: Elements of controversy: the Atomic Energy Commission and radiation safety in nuclear weapons testing, 1947-1974. University of California Press, 1994 - 614 pp.
Offsite Environmental Monitoring Report: Radiation Monitoring Around United States Nuclear Test Areas, Calendar Year 1980 / Smith, D.D. Grossman, R.F. Corkern, W.D. Thome, D.J. Patzer, R.G. Hopper, J.L. (Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company). 1981. - 115 s. DOE/NV Nuclear Testing Archive.
https://www.osti.gov/opennet/detail.jsp?osti_id=16083738
Operations Nougat and Whetstone events: Hard Hat, Danny Boy, Marshmallow, Mudpack, Wishbone, Gumdrop, Diluted Waters, and Tiny Tot, 15 February 1962-17 June 1965. Final report 15 Feb 62-19 Jun 68 / Brady, W.J.; Horton, K.K.; Eubank, B.F. Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc., Las Vegas, NV. 1984. - 306 s.
Perret, William R. Operation Nougat : Shot Hard Hat. Project Officers Report-Project 3.3. Free-Field Ground Motion Studies in Granite (U). Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1963. - 107 s.
United States Nuclear Tests, July 1945 through September 1992.
U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office, DOE/NV--209-REV 15, December 2000.


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