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TEST SERIES, DATES, LOCATIONS AND YIELDS

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Atmospheric Nuclear Test Listing According to Numbers of Personnel

Test Series Name
Year
Location
No. of Tests
No. of Personnel
Operation Crossroads
1946
Oceanic
1
40,112 *
Operation Dominic I
1962
Continental
36
22,600 *
Operation Upshot-Knothole
1953
Continental
11
18,000 *
Operation Hardtack I
1958
Oceanic
34
16,000 *
Operation Plumbbob
1957
Continental
24
13,300 *
Operation Castle
1954
Oceanic
6
12,700 *
Operation Sandstone
1948
Oceanic
3
11,782 *
Operation Ivy
1952
Oceanic
2
11,680 *
Operation Redwing
1956
Oceanic
17
11,350 *
Operation Teapot
1955
Continental
14
8,700 *
Operation Argus
1958
Oceanic
3
4,500 *
Operation Greenhouse
1951
Oceanic
4
3,200 *
Operation Dominic II
1962
Continental
4
2,900 *
Operation Hardtack II
1958
Continental
19
1,600 *
Operation Ranger
1951
Continental
5
266 *
Project Trinity
1945
Continental
1
164 *

* Approximate number of DOD personnel---includes atmospheric test personnel involved in "weapons effects" and "weapons related" tests only.

Does not include test or test personnel involved in "safety related tests" of equipment.

Total number of tests:....214 Total Oceanic:..........100 Total Continental:..........114

Total number of personnel:...209,284 Total Oceanic:...147,782 Total Continental:...61,502

An additional 195,000 military personnel were involved in the clean-up and occupation, some as POWs, of Hiroshima/Nagasaki during and following the bombing of those cities.

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