Emu Field

The Maralinga and Emu Field were the scene of UK nuclear testing and were contaminated with radioactive waste in the 1950s. Maralinga was surveyed by Len Beadell in the early 1950s, and followed the survey of the site called Emu Field, which was further north and which conducted the first two tests. On September 27, 1956, Operation Buffalo commenced at Maralinga, Emu Field having been found to be too remote a site. The operation consisted of the testing of four fission bombs, codenamed One Tree, MarcooSee also:

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The nuclear powers have conducted around 2,000 nuclear test explosions (numbers are approximated, as some test results have been disputed): United States: 1,030 tests (involving 1,125 devices) Soviet Union: 715 tests France: 210 tests Britain: 45 tests (21 in Australian territory, including 9 in mainland South Australia at Maralinga and Emu Field, many others in the U.S.) China: 45 tests (23 atmospheric and 22 underground, all conducted at Lop Nur Nuclear Weapons Test Base, in Malan, Xinjiang) Indi ...

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Neighbouring Aboriginal Communities are: Tjunjunjarra, Western Australia (west) Pila Nguru (west) Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands and Indulkana, South Australia (north) Yalata Community (South) Distances to main centres are: Ceduna to Oak Valley - 516 km (approx 7 hours) Yalata to Oak Valley - 315 km (approx. 5 hours (via Ooldea)) Pt Lincoln to Oak Valley - 919 km Adelaide to Oak Valley - 1288 km ...

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There have been a number of significant alleged/disputed/unacknowledged accounts of countries testing nuclear explosives. Their status is either not certain or entirely disputed by most mainstream experts. Nuclear testing - Japan. There is a disputed report about the Japanese atomic program being able to test a nuclear weapon in Korea on August 12, 1945, a few days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, and three days before the Japanese surrender on August 15, but this is seen as being highly unlikely by mainstream historians. ...

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The following list is of "milestone" nuclear explosions. In addition to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first nuclear test of a given weapon type for a country is included, and tests which were otherwise notable (such as the largest test ever). All yields (explosive power) are given in their estimated energy equivalents in kilotons of TNT (see megaton). "Deployable" refers to whether the device tested could be hypothetically used in actual combat (in contrast with a proof-of-concept device). "Staging" refers to whet ...

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Missiles and nuclear warheads have usually been tested separately. The only US live test of an operational missile was the following: Frigate Bird - on May 6, 1962, a UGM-27 Polaris A-1 missile with a live 600 kt W47 warhead was launched from the USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608); it flew 1900 km, re-entered the atmosphere, and detonated at an altitude of 3.4 km over the South Pacific. The test was part of Operation Dominic I. Planned as a method to dispel doubts about whether the USA's nuclear missiles would actually function in pract ...

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