What the records say
- When
- 10 Dec 1967
- Kind
- Nuclear test
- Yield (kt)
- 29
- Where
- Farmingt Nm
- Coordinates
- 36.67° N, 107.17° W
- Yield kt
- 29
- Type
- shaft
- Purpose
- peaceful nuclear explosion
- Body wave magnitude
- 4.8
- Reported by
- ISC
Project Gasbuggy
1967 nuclear test explosion in New Mexico, United States
Project Gasbuggy was an underground nuclear detonation carried out by the United States Atomic Energy Commission on December 10, 1967 in rural northwestern New Mexico. It was part of Operation Plowshare, a program designed to find peaceful uses for nuclear explosions.
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The source
- Nuclear explosions 1945–1998SIPRI / FOA, via TidyTuesdayNo licence stated