Nuclear test

Project 57

24 Apr 1957 · 37.20° N, 116.10° W

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When
24 Apr 1957
Kind
Nuclear test
Coordinates
37.20° N, 116.10° W

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Proyecto 57.

Summary

cerca del Sitio de pruebas de Nevada, a las 14:27 GMT Estados Unidos hace detonar una prueba atómica para analizar cómo sería una explosión nuclear accidental. Es la única bomba del Proyecto 57, y la n.º 88 de las 1131 que Estados Unidos detonó entre 1945 y 1992.

Project 57

1957 open-air nuclear test at the Nellis Air Force Range in Nevada, United States

Project 57 was an open-air nuclear test conducted by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission at the Nellis Air Force Range on April 24, 1957, following Operation Redwing, and preceding Operation Plumbbob. The test area, also known as Area 13, was a 10 miles (16 km) by 16 miles (26 km) block of land in the western Emigrant Valley, abutting the northeast boundary of the Nevada National Security Site.

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