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Operation Cresset

Cresset
Information
Country United States
Test site
  • NTS Area 12, Rainier Mesa
  • NTS Area 19, 20, Pahute Mesa
  • NTS, Areas 1-4, 6-10, Yucca Flat
Period 1977-1978
Number of tests 22
Test type underground shaft, underground tunnel
Max. yield 150 kilotonnes of TNT (630 TJ)
Test series chronology

The United States's Cresset nuclear test series was a group of 22 nuclear tests conducted in 1977-1978. These tests followed the Operation Fulcrum series and preceded the Operation Quicksilver series.


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