Operation Roller Coaster | |
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Information | |
Country | United States |
Test site | Tonopah Test Range |
Period | 1963 |
Number of tests | 4 |
Test type | Surface |
Max. yield | zero |
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Previous test | Operation Storax |
Next test | Operation Niblick |
Operation Roller Coaster was a series of open-air nuclear tests conducted by the United States on the Tonopah Test Range in 1963.[1][2] The tests examined the dispersal of plutonium in storage and transportation accidents and were not expected to produce any nuclear explosive yield.[3]
Corrective actions were taken at the Double Tracks and Clean Slate 1 sites. Contaminated soil was transported to the Area 3 Radioactive Waste Management Site in the Nevada National Security Site and the sites were revegetated.[2]
The Clean Slate 2 and Clean Slate 3 sites remain contaminated pending an agreement between the state and federal government on the corrective action level.[2]
Tests[]
Name | Date Time (UT[4]) | Location | Elevation + Height | Delivery | Purpose | Device | Yield | Venting[5] | Notes |
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Double Tracks | May 15, 1963 09:55:-- | Tonopah Test Range, Nevada 37°42′19″N 116°59′14″W / 37.70527°N 116.98715°W | 1,518 metres (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:-- | Tonopah Test Range, Nevada 37°42′31″N 116°39′28″W / 37.70853°N 116.65786°W | 1,645 metres (5,397 ft) + 0 | Dry surface | Safety/transportation test | no yield | Noted off site | Storage-transportation safety experiment, measured plutonium dispersal risk. | |
Clean Slate II | May 31, 1963 10:47:-- | Tonopah Test Range, Nevada 37°45′41″N 116°36′50″W / 37.7614°N 116.61378°W | 1,683 metres (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:-- | Tonopah Test Range, Nevada 37°45′33″N 116°40′52″W / 37.75914°N 116.68123°W | 1,645 metres (5,397 ft) + 0 | Dry surface | Safety/transportation test | no yield | Noted off site | Storage-transportation safety experiment, measured plutonium dispersal risk. |
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References[]
- ↑ U.S. Department of Energy / Nevada Operations Office, United States Nuclear Tests - July 1945 through September 1992, December 2000, DOE/NV-209 Rev 15
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 National Nuclear Security Administration / Nevada Site Office, Plutonium Dispersal Tests at the Nevada Test Site, April 2010, DOE/NV-1046
- ↑ "Operation Storax, Sun Beam, and Roller Coaster". The Nuclear Weapon Archive. http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/Storax.html.
- ↑ Universal Time at the Nevada Test Site is 8 hours after local time; UT dates are one day after local date for UT times after 16:00.
- ↑ This column is for underground testing emissions into the atmosphere only.
- "United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 through September 1992 (Revision 15)". Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office. December 2000. http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/publications/historical/DOENV_209_REV15.pdf. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
- "CMR Nuclear Explosion Database (Revision 3)". SMDC Monitoring Research. August 2000. http://www.rdss.info/database/nucex/report/explosion.pdf. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
- Norris, Robert Standish, and Thomas B. Cochran (1 Feb. 1994). "United States nuclear tests, July 1945 to 31 December 1992". http://docs.nrdc.org/nuclear/files/nuc_02019401a_121.pdf. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
- "Radiological Effluents Released from U.S. Continental Tests 1961 Through 1992". DOE Nevada Operations Office. Aug. 1996. http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/publications/historical/DOENV_317.pdf. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
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