3.2 Minor Tests
|
Date |
Test |
Place |
|
|
1 |
1953 26 September 1953 |
Kittens 1 trial |
Emu |
|
30 September 1953 |
Kittens 2 trial |
Emu |
|
|
6 October 1953 |
Kittens 3 trial |
Emu |
|
|
14 October 1953 |
Kittens 4 trial |
Emu |
|
|
17 October 1953 |
Kittens 5 trial |
Emu |
|
|
2 |
1955 May-June |
Kittens trials |
Maralinga |
|
July |
Tims trials |
Maralinga |
|
|
3 |
1956 March 1956 |
Kittens trials |
Maralinga (Naya site) |
|
4 |
1957 Mar-Jul |
Kittens trials |
Maralinga (Naya and Kuli site) |
|
Sep-Nov |
Tims trials |
Maralinga (Kuli site) |
|
|
5 |
1958 Apr-Jul |
Tims trials Rats trials |
Maralinga (Kuli & Naya sites) |
|
Sep-Nov |
Tims trials Rats trials |
Maralinga (Kuli & Naya sites) |
|
|
6 |
1959 Mar-Jul |
Rats trials Kittens trials |
Maralinga (Dobo & Naya sites) |
|
May-Nov |
Tims trials |
Maralinga (Kuli site) |
|
|
Jun-Aug |
Vixen A trials |
Maralinga (Wewak site) |
|
|
7 |
1960 Apr-Oct |
Tims trials |
Maralinga (Kuli site) |
|
May Aug |
Vixen A trials |
Maralinga (Wewak site) |
|
|
Sep |
Rats trials |
Maralinga (Naya & Dobo sites) |
|
|
Sep-Oct |
Vixen B trials (3) |
Maralinga (Taranaki site) |
|
|
8 |
1961 Mar-Apr |
Vixen A trials |
Maralinga (Wewak site) |
|
Apr-May |
Vixen B trials (5) |
Maralinga (Taranaki site) |
|
|
May |
Kittens trials |
Maralinga (Naya site) |
|
|
Aug |
Tims trials |
Maralinga (Naya & Kuli sites) |
|
|
9 |
1963 Mar-Apr |
Tims trials Vixen B trials (4) |
Maralinga (Kuli & Taranaki sites) |
|
10 |
1964 Aug-Nov |
Operation Hercules V (clean-up operations) |
Maralinga Range |
|
11 |
1966 Mar-Nov |
Operation Radsur (radiological survey) |
Maralinga Range |
|
12 |
1967 Mar-Jun |
Operation Brumby (to reduce residual contamination) |
Maralinga Range |
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/liability-handbook/ch-30-appendices/appendix-3-major-and-minor-british-nuclear-tests-and-around-australia/32-minor-tests