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Operation Nougat - Definition |
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During the Cold War, Operation Nougat was a series of thirty-two nuclear tests conducted (with one exception) at the Nevada Test Site during the 1962 Fiscal Year. The individual blasts were:
Nougat Test Blasts
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| Yield
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| | Shrew | 16 September 1961 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Boomer | 10 October 1961 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Chena | 29 October 1961 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Mink | 29 October 1961 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Fisher | 3 December 1961 | Nevada Test Site | 13.4 kilotons |
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| Gnome | 10 December 1961 | Carlsbad, New Mexico | 3 kilotons | Op Plowshare
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| Mad | 13 December 1961 | Nevada Test Site | 500 tons |
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| Ringtail | 17 December 1961 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Feather | 22 December 1961 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Stoat | 9 January, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 5.1 kilotons |
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| Agouti | 18 January, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 6.4 kilotons |
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| Dormouse | 30 January, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Stillwater | 8 February, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 3.07 kilotons |
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| Armadillo | 9 February, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 7.1 kilotons |
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| Hardhat | 15 February 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 5.7 kilotons |
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| Chinchilla | 19 February, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 1.9 kilotons |
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| Codsaw | 19 February, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Cimarron | 23 February, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 11.9 kilotons |
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| Platypus | 24 February, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Pampas | 1 March, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Danny Boy | 5 March, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 430 tons |
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| Ermine | 6 March, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Brazos | 8 March, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 8.4 Kilotons |
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| Hognose | 15 March, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Hoosix | 28 March, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 3.4 Kiltons |
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| Chinchilla II | 31 March, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Dormouse II | 5 April, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 10.6 Kilotons |
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| Passaic | 6 April, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Hudson | 12 April, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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| Platte | 14 April, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 1.85 Kilotons |
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| Dead | 21 April, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | Low |
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