China nuclear test

Wann

16. Okt. 1964

Art

Atomtest

Sprengkraft (kt)

22

Position

Lop Nor

Koordinaten

41.50° N, 89.00° E

Yield kt

22

Type

tower

Purpose

weapons development programme

Reported by

DOE

First Chinese nuclear test, 1964

Project 596 was the first nuclear test of the nuclear weapons program of China, detonated on 16 October 1964, at the Lop Nur test site in Xinjiang. It was an implosion fission device containing about 15 kg weapons-grade uranium (U-235), produced at the Lanzhou enrichment plant.

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