3.1 Major Tests
|
Date |
Test |
Place |
|
|
1 |
1952 3 October 1952 |
Hurricane detonated 0800 hours |
Monte Bello Islands |
|
2 |
1953 15 October 1953 |
Totem 1 detonated 0700 hours |
Emu |
|
27 October 1953 |
Totem 2 detonated 0700 hours |
Emu |
|
|
3 |
1956 16 May 1956 |
Mosaic G1 detonated 1150 hours |
Monte Bello Island (Trimouille Island) |
|
19 June 1956 |
Mosaic G2 detonated 1014 hours |
Monte Bello Island (Alpha Island) |
|
|
27 September 1956 |
Buffalo 1 detonated 1700 hours |
Maralinga (One Tree site) |
|
|
4 October 1956 |
Buffalo 2 detonated 1630 hours |
Maralinga (Marcoo site) |
|
|
11 October 1956 |
Buffalo 3 detonated 1427 hours |
Maralinga (Kite site) |
|
|
22 October 1956 |
Buffalo 4 detonated 0005 hours |
Maralinga (Breakaway site) |
|
|
4 |
1957 14 September 1957 |
Antler 1 detonated 1435 hours |
Maralinga (Tadje site) |
|
25 September 1957 |
Antler 2 detonated 1000 hours |
Maralinga (Biak site) |
|
|
9 October 1957 |
Antler 3 detonated 1615 |
Maralinga (Taranaki site) |
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/31-major-tests