Operation Roller Coaster facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Operation Roller Coaster |
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| Information | |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Period | 1963 |
| Number of tests | 4 |
| Test type | dry surface |
| Max. yield | 0 |
Operation Roller Coaster was a series of four nuclear tests conducted jointly by the United States and the United Kingdom in 1963, at the Nevada Test Site. The tests did not involve the detonation of any nuclear weapons. Instead, their purpose was to evaluate the distribution of radioactive particles in a "dirty bomb" scenario, or an inadvertent, non-nuclear detonation of a nuclear weapon, as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of storage structures in containing the explosion and the particles released. The tests followed the Operation Storax series and preceded the Operation Niblick series.
| Name | Date time (UT) | Local time zone | Location | Elevation + height | Delivery Purpose |
Device | Yield | Fallout | References | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double Tracks | May 15, 1963 09:55:?? | PST (–8 hrs) |
Tonopah Test Range, Nevada 37°42′19″N 116°59′14″W / 37.70527°N 116.98715°W | 1,518 m (4,980 ft) + 0 | dry surface, safety/transportation test |
no yield | Storage-transportation safety experiment, measured plutonium dispersal risk. | |||
| Clean Slate I | May 25, 1963 11:17:?? | PST (–8 hrs) |
Tonopah Test Range, Nevada 37°42′31″N 116°39′28″W / 37.70853°N 116.65786°W | 1,645 m (5,397 ft) + 0 | dry surface, safety/transportation test |
no yield | Venting detected off site | Storage-transportation safety experiment, measured plutonium dispersal risk. | ||
| Clean Slate II | May 31, 1963 10:47:?? | PST (–8 hrs) |
Tonopah Test Range, Nevada 37°45′41″N 116°36′50″W / 37.7614°N 116.61378°W | 1,683 m (5,522 ft) + 0 | dry surface, safety/transportation test |
no yield | Storage-transportation safety experiment, measured plutonium dispersal risk. | |||
| Clean Slate III | June 9, 1963 10:30:?? | PST (–8 hrs) |
Tonopah Test Range, Nevada 37°45′33″N 116°40′52″W / 37.75914°N 116.68123°W | 1,645 m (5,397 ft) + 0 | dry surface, safety/transportation test |
no yield | Venting detected off site | Storage-transportation safety experiment, measured plutonium dispersal risk. |
See also
In Spanish: Operación Roller Coaster para niños
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