List of nuclear weapon test locations
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This is a list of locations where nuclear weapons tests have been carried out or specialist preparations have been made for nuclear weapons to be detonated.
Contents
In Africa
In North America
- Nevada Test Site, USA (by the US) - e.g. at Frenchman Flat
- White Sands Missile Range, USA (by the US)
- Amchitka, Alaska, USA (by the US)
- Baxterville, Mississippi, USA (by the US) - see Salmon Site
- Carson National Forest, New Mexico, USA (by the US) - see Project Gasbuggy
- Southeastern New Mexico, USA (by the US) - see Project Gnome
- Rio Blanco County, Colorado, USA (by the US) - see Project Rio Blanco
- Sand Springs Range, Nevada, USA (by the US)
In South America
- Campo de Provas Brigadeiro Velloso, Brazil (by Brazil)
In Asia
- Semipalatinsk Test Site, near Kurchatov, Kazakhstan (by the Soviet Union)
- Lop Nur, People's Republic of China (by China)
- Novaya Zemlya (including at Sukhoy Nos and Matochkin Strait) (by the Soviet Union)
- North of Totskoye in Orenburg Oblast (by the Soviet Union) - see Totskoye nuclear exercise
- Pokhran, Rajasthan, India (by India) - see Pokhran-I and Pokhran-II
- Chagai Hills and Ras Koh Hills, Chagai District, Balochistan province, Pakistan (by Pakistan) - see Chagai-I and Chagai-II
- Kharan District, Balochistan province, Pakistan (by Pakistan)
- Kirana Hills, Punjab province, Pakistan (by Pakistan)
- Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, North Korea (by North Korea)
In Australia
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- Emu Field, South Australia (by the UK)
- Maralinga, South Australia (by the UK) - see British nuclear tests at Maralinga
- Montebello Islands (by the UK)
In the Pacific Ocean
- Bikini Atoll (by the US) - Bikini atomic experiments
- Enewetak Atoll (by the US) - see Category:Enewetak Atoll nuclear explosive tests
- Johnston Atoll (by the US) - see Operation Fishbowl, Operation Dominic, and Operation Hardtack I
- Pacific Proving Grounds (by the US)
- Kiritimati (aka Christmas Island) (by the UK)
- Malden Island (by the UK) - see Operation Grapple
- Fangataufa (by France)
- Moruroa (by France)[1]
See also
- Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents
- List of nuclear weapons tests (that list is by nation carrying out the test)
- Nuclear weapons testing#Nuclear testing by country
- Vela Incident
References
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