Operation Julin
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Operation Julin was a series of 8 underground nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site
in 1991 and 1992. This test series followed the Sculpin
series and was the last nuclear test series conducted by the U.S. The individual blasts were:
Nevada Test Site
The Nevada National Security Site , previously the Nevada Test Site , is a United States Department of Energy reservation located in southeastern Nye County, Nevada, about northwest of the city of Las Vegas...
in 1991 and 1992. This test series followed the Sculpin
Operation Sculpin
Operation Sculpin was a series of 8 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1990 and 1991. These tests followed the Aqueduct series and preceded Julin...
series and was the last nuclear test series conducted by the U.S. The individual blasts were:
Name | Date | Yield | Notes |
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LUBBOCK | October 18, 1991 | 20 to 150 kilotons | |
BRISTOL Julin Bristol Julin Bristol was the last British nuclear test, and took place at the Nevada Test Site on 26 November 1991. With a yield of less than 20 kilotons it may have been a proof test of some aspect of the British-designed warheads fitted to those Trident missiles in the British arsenal, possibly of a... |
November 26, 1991 | < 20 kilotons | Last British test |
JUNCTION | March 26, 1992 | 20 to 150 kilotons | |
DIAMOND FORTUNE | April 30, 1992 | < 20 kilotons | |
VICTORIA | June 19, 1992 | < 20 kilotons | |
GALENA-YELLOW | June 23, 1992 | low | Simultaneous, same hole |
GALENA-ORANGE | low | ||
GALENA-GREEN | low | ||
HUNTERS TROPHY | September 18, 1992 | < 20 kilotons | |
DIVIDER | September 23, 1992 | < 20 kilotons | Last U.S. nuclear test |