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Operation Niblick

The United States's Niblick nuclear test series was a group of 41 nuclear tests conducted in 1963–1964. These tests followed the Operation Roller Coaster series and preceded the Operation Whetstone series.

List of the nuclear tests
} – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Satsop | 13:00:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U2g | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Kohocton – 1 (with Natches) | 13:20:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9ak | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Natches – 2 (with Kohocton) | 13:20:00.14 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9ak1 | + | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Ahtanum | 13:53:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U2l | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Bilby | 17:00:00.13 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3on | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Carp | 14:20:00.13 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3cb | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, | | |- ! Narraguagus | 17:30:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U2f | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Grunion | 14:00:00.11 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3bz | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Tornillo | 21:00:00.155 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9aq | – | underground shaft,peaceful research | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | Plowshare experiment to provide a clean device for excavations. |- ! Clearwater | 17:00:00.14 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U12q | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Mullet | 15:00:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U2ag | – | underground shaft,safety experiment | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Shoal | 17:00:00.1 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || Fallon, Nevada | – | underground shaft,joint verification | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | Project Vela Uniform, investigation of detection of underground testing. |- ! Anchovy | 16:00:00.12 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3bq | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, less than | | |- ! Mustang | 15:00:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9at | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Greys | 17:30:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9ax | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, less than | | |- ! Barracuda – 2 (with Sardine) | 16:38:30.13 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3cr | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, | | Simultaneous, separate holes. |- ! Sardine – 1 (with Barracuda) | 16:38:30.118 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3ch | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, | | Simultaneous, separate holes. |- ! Eagle | 16:02:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9av | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected off site, | | |- ! Tuna | 15:24:00.13 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3de | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, less than | | |- ! Fore | 16:00:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9ao | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Oconto | 16:00:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9ay | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected off site, | | |- ! Club | 16:00:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U2aa | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Solendon | 15:38:00.12 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3cz | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, | | |- ! Bunker | 15:30:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9bb | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, less than | | |- ! Bonefish | 15:37:19.12 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3bt | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Mackerel | 15:37:37.124 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U4b | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Klickitat | 15:30:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U10e | – | underground shaft,peaceful research | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, less than | | A Plowshare device-development experiment to produce an improved nuclear explosive for excavation applications. |- ! Handicap | 15:00:00.01 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9ba | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, | | |- ! Pike | 16:02:00.12 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3cy | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected off site, | | Vented massively for 69 seconds after detonation until quieted by chimney collapse. Possible fault crack. |- ! Hook | 14:40:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9bc | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, less than | | |- ! Sturgeon | 14:30:00.12 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3bo | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Bogey | 15:29:52.28 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9au | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, less than | | |- ! Turf | 20:10:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U10c | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, less than | | Subsidence crater created by Turf and Storax Santee converted into the U10c waste disposal facility in 1971. | |- ! Pipefish | 20:47:00.12 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3co | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | I-131 venting detected, 0 | | |- ! Driver | 13:00:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9ar | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, | | |- ! Backswing | 14:40:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9aw | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, | | |- ! Minnow | 16:15:00.12 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3cv | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Ace | 16:45:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U2n | – | underground shaft,peaceful research | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, | | A Plowshare device-development experiment to produce an improved nuclear explosive for excavation applications. |- ! Bitterling | 14:01:00.1 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3cu | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Duffer | 13:30:00.2 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U10ds | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, less than | | |- ! Fade | 13:30:00.14 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9be | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, | | |- ! Dub | 13:33:00.14 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U10a | – | underground shaft,peaceful research | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, | | A Plowshare experiment to develop emplacement techniques. |} ==References==
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