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) |
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 |
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