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Operation Storax

Operation Storax was a series of 47 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1962–1963 at the Nevada Test Site. These tests followed the Operation Fishbowl series and preceded the Operation Roller Coaster series.

British tests
Some accounts include the second British nuclear weapons test at the Nevada Test Site, shot Tendrac, as part of Storax. See British nuclear testing in the United States for more details. ==Tests==
Tests
}– | cratering,peaceful research | W56 | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected off site, | |- ! Santee | 15:00:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U10f | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | Part of the test was to determine warhead tritium requirements for a 4 year service life. The Y2 version of the W47 used a delta-plutonium pit to increase the weapon's resistance to hostile neutron effects. |- ! Hatchie | 16:00:01.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9e | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Acushi | 18:30:00.14 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3bg | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Ferret | 18:30:00.13 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3bf | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Chipmunk | 17:00:00.13 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3ay | – | underground shaft,safety experiment | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Kaweah | 19:47:00.14 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9ab | – | underground shaft,peaceful research | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | 4th Plowshare test, device development. Designed to produce heavy isotopes and provide radioachemical analysis data for Coach. |- ! Carmel | 19:47:08.63 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U2h | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Jerboa | 19:00:00.12 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3at | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Toyah | 16:22:53.14 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9ac | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Gerbil | 15:49:00.12 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3bp | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Ferret Prime | 17:52:00.13 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3by | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Coypu | 16:01:30.12 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3af | – | underground shaft,safety experiment | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Cumberland | 16:03:00.16 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U2e | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Kootanai | 16:09:30.141 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9w | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, | | |- ! Paisano | 16:09:30.142 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9w1(wi?) | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | I-131 venting detected, 0 | | |- ! Gundi Prime | 18:19:00 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3db | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Harkee | 14:55:00.0 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3bv | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Tejon | 14:55:00.0 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3cg | – | underground shaft,safety experiment | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Stones | 15:40:00.14 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9ae | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected, | | |- ! Pleasant | 15:03:30.16 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9ah | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, | | |- ! Yuba | 17:00:00.12 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U12b.10 | – | tunnel,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected off site, | | |- ! Hutia | 14:00:00.13 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3bc | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Apshapa | 16:58:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U9ai | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, | | |- ! Mataco | 14:10:00.13 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U3bk | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | | | |- ! Kennebec | 23:00:00.15 | style="text-align:center;" | PST (–8 hrs) || NTS Area U2af | – | underground shaft,weapons development | | style="text-align:center;" | | Venting detected on site, | | |} ==References==
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