1974 | |
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Information | |
Country | Soviet Union |
Test site | Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Bashkortostan, Russia; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Komi, Russia; NZ Area A, Chyornaya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Sakha, Russia; Sary-Uzen/ Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Yamalo-Nenets, Russia |
Period | 1974 |
Number of tests | 21 |
Test type | underground shaft, tunnel |
Max. yield | 2.3 megatonnes of TNT (9.6 PJ) |
Test series chronology | |
The Soviet Union's 1974 nuclear test series [1] was a group of 21 nuclear tests conducted in 1974. These tests [note 1] followed the 1973 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1975 Soviet nuclear tests series.
Name [note 2] | Date time ( UT) | Local time zone [note 3] [2] | Location [note 4] | Elevation + height [note 5] | Delivery,
[note 6] Purpose [note 7] |
Device [note 8] | Yield [note 9] | Fallout [note 10] | References | Notes |
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396 - 1 | 30 January 1974 04:57:04.6 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 603 49°48′57″N 78°02′24″E / 49.8158°N 78.0401°E | 677 m (2,221 ft) + | tunnel, weapon effect |
24 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | |||
396 - 2 | 30 January 1974 04:57:04.6 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 603 49°48′57″N 78°02′24″E / 49.8158°N 78.0401°E | 677 m (2,221 ft) + | tunnel, weapon effect |
6 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | |||
396 - 3 | 30 January 1974 04:57:04.6 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 603 49°48′57″N 78°02′24″E / 49.8158°N 78.0401°E | 677 m (2,221 ft) + | tunnel, weapon effect |
unknown yield | [1] [3] [5] [6] [7] | |||
397 | 28 February 1974 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 110 49°49′43″N 78°06′48″E / 49.8286°N 78.11322°E | 618 m (2,028 ft) + | tunnel, safety experiment |
1000 kg | [1] [3] [5] [6] [7] | |||
398 | 16 April 1974 05:52:59.84 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1301 50°01′28″N 78°55′35″E / 50.02444°N 78.92639°E | 330 m (1,080 ft) + | underground shaft, weapons development |
1 kt | Venting detected | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | ||
399 | 16 May 1974 03:03:00.1 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 176 49°44′45″N 78°02′15″E / 49.7459°N 78.0374°E | 652 m (2,139 ft) + | tunnel, weapons development |
18 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | |||
400 | 31 May 1974 03:27:00.02 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1207 49°57′41″N 78°50′33″E / 49.96148°N 78.84253°E | 330 m (1,080 ft) – 316 m (1,037 ft) | underground shaft, peaceful research |
71 kt | Venting detected | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | Up to 127 observers washed with radioactive emissions, some perhaps to 100-200 REM. | |
401 | 25 June 1974 03:57:00.2 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Z-1pp 49°49′42″N 78°06′23″E / 49.82831°N 78.10632°E | 630 m (2,070 ft) + | tunnel, weapon effect |
3.5 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | |||
402 Kama 1 | 8 July 1974 06:00:00.0 | SVET (5 hrs) |
Bashkortostan, Russia: Kama-1 53°42′N 55°06′E / 53.7°N 55.1°E | – 2,130 m (6,990 ft) | underground shaft, cavity excavation |
10 kt | [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] | Oil and chemical waste water burial. 22 km W Salavat. | ||
403 | 10 July 1974 02:57:00.0 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 195 49°46′45″N 78°06′10″E / 49.7791°N 78.1027°E | 600 m (2,000 ft) + | tunnel, weapons development |
18 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | |||
404 | 29 July 1974 03:28:00.0 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1050 49°56′15″N 78°56′09″E / 49.9375°N 78.93583°E | 330 m (1,080 ft) + | underground shaft, weapons development |
unknown yield | [1] [3] [5] [6] [7] | |||
405 Gorizont 2 (Horizon) | 14 August 1974 15:00:00.2 | SVET (5 hrs) |
Yamalo-Nenets, Russia: G-2 68°54′11″N 75°49′23″E / 68.903°N 75.823°E | – 550 m (1,800 ft) | underground shaft, seismic sounding |
7.6 kt | [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] | Seismic probing program. 190 km NW Tazovsky, Tumen. | ||
407 - 1 | 29 August 1974 09:59:56.2 | MSK (3 hrs) |
NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-11 73°23′49″N 54°54′18″E / 73.397°N 54.905°E | 100 m (330 ft) – 1,000 m (3,300 ft) | tunnel, weapons development |
1.2 Mt | Venting detected off site, 4.9 kCi (180 TBq) | [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] | ||
407 - 2 | 29 August 1974 09:59:56.2 | MSK (3 hrs) |
NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-11 73°23′49″N 54°54′18″E / 73.397°N 54.905°E | 100 m (330 ft) + | tunnel, weapons development |
unknown yield | [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||
407 - 3 | 29 August 1974 09:59:56.2 | MSK (3 hrs) |
NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-11 73°23′49″N 54°54′18″E / 73.397°N 54.905°E | 100 m (330 ft) + | tunnel, weapons development |
unknown yield | [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||
407 - 4 | 29 August 1974 09:59:56.2 | MSK (3 hrs) |
NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-11 73°23′49″N 54°54′18″E / 73.397°N 54.905°E | 100 m (330 ft) + | tunnel, weapons development |
unknown yield | [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||
407 - 5 | 29 August 1974 09:59:56.2 | MSK (3 hrs) |
NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-11 73°23′49″N 54°54′18″E / 73.397°N 54.905°E | 100 m (330 ft) + | tunnel, weapons development |
unknown yield | [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||
406 Gorizont 1 (Horizon) | 29 August 1974 15:00:00.4 | MSK (3 hrs) |
Komi, Russia: G-1 67°05′08″N 62°37′27″E / 67.08558°N 62.62404°E | – 590 m (1,940 ft) | underground shaft, seismic sounding |
7.6 kt | [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] | Seismic probing program. | ||
408 | 13 September 1974 03:03:00.0 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 179 49°45′55″N 78°03′18″E / 49.7653°N 78.0549°E | 690 m (2,260 ft) + | tunnel, weapon effect |
14 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | |||
409 Kristall (Crystal) | 2 October 1974 01:00:01.1 | YAKT (9 hrs) |
Sakha, Russia 66°27′26″N 112°23′56″E / 66.45723°N 112.39882°E | 305 m (1,001 ft) – 98 m (322 ft) | underground shaft, earth moving |
1.7 kt | [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] | Designed to build a dam on the Deldyn River; was to be first of 8, but project was scrubbed by high radioactivity. Original crater covered with dirt from mine nearby. 90 km NE Aykhal, Yakutia. | ||
410 Argon 3 | 16 October 1974 06:33:00.14 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1005 49°59′16″N 78°53′40″E / 49.98773°N 78.89438°E | 330 m (1,080 ft) + | underground shaft, weapon effect |
19 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | |||
411 | 2 November 1974 05:00:00.0 | MSK (3 hrs) |
NZ Area A, Chyornaya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: Yu-5N 70°53′N 53°52′E / 70.88°N 53.87°E | 30 m (98 ft) – 1,500 m (4,900 ft) | underground shaft, weapons development |
2.3 Mt | [1] [4] [5] [6] [9] | |||
412 | 28 November 1974 05:57:00.0 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 215 49°57′N 77°42′E / 49.95°N 77.7°E | 460 m (1,510 ft) + | underground shaft, weapons development |
10 t | Venting detected | [1] [3] [5] [6] [7] | ||
413 Lazurit (Lazurite) | 7 December 1974 05:59:59.0 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: R-1 49°55′39″N 77°36′19″E / 49.9276°N 77.60523°E | 460 m (1,510 ft) – 75 m (246 ft) | underground shaft, earth moving |
1.7 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | Supposed to build a dome, part of a dam wall on the upslope side of a 20 degree slope. | ||
414 | 16 December 1974 06:23:00.14 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 709p 49°45′35″N 78°04′31″E / 49.7598°N 78.0754°E | 629 m (2,064 ft) + | tunnel, weapons development |
6.7 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | |||
415 | 16 December 1974 06:41:00.34 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 148/5 49°49′58″N 78°01′54″E / 49.8329°N 78.0318°E | 600 m (2,000 ft) – 126 m (413 ft) | tunnel, industrial |
3.8 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [10] | A second test of a special device (see #366 and #415) for keeping radioactivity from invading ore bodies when using a bomb to fracture them. | ||
416 | 27 December 1974 05:46:59.49 | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1058 49°58′07″N 79°00′16″E / 49.96857°N 79.00437°E | 330 m (1,080 ft) + | underground shaft, weapons development |
36 kt | [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] |