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Operation Emery

‘’’Operation Emery’’’ was a series of twelve nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site.

These explosions occurred after the Mandrel series and before Grommet.

The ‘’’Baneberry’’ blast was notable for the three million curies of radiation that escaped through cracks in the ground. This was the “dirtiest” acknowledged American nuclear test.

The individual tests of this series were:

Emery Test Blasts
Test Name Date Location Yield Note

''Tijeras’'14 October, 1970 July 1965Nevada Test Siteabout 94 kilotons 
(Unknown)28 October, 1970 July 1965Nevada Test Site(Unknown) 
''Abeytas’'5 November, 1970 July 1965Nevada Test Siteabout 11 kilotons 
(Unknown)19 November, 1970 July 1965Nevada Test Site(Unknown) 
’’’Artesia16 December, 1970 July 1965Nevada Test Site20-200 kilotons 
’’’Cream’’’16 December, 1970 July 1965Nevada Test Site<20 kilotons 
’’’Carpetbag’’’17 December, 1970 July 1965Nevada Test Site220 kilotons 
’’’Baneberry’’’19 December, 1970 July 1965Nevada Test Site10 kilotonsSee text
’’’Embudo’’’16 June, 1971 July 1965Nevada Test Site18 kilotons 
’’’Laguna’’’23 June, 1971 July, 1965Nevada Test Site10 kilotons 
’’’Harebell’’’24 June, 1971 July, 1965Nevada Test Siteabout 10 kilotons 
’’’Camphor’’’29 June, 1971 July, 1965Nevada Test Site<20 kilotons