Operation Nougat

During the Cold war, ‘’’Operation Nougat’’’ was a series of thirty-two nuclear tests conducted (with one exception) at the Nevada Test Site during the 1962 Fiscal Year. The individual blasts were:

Nougat Test Blasts

Test Name	Date	Location	Yield	Note
Shrew’'	16 September 1961	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
Boomer’'	10 October 1961	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
Chena’'	29 October 1961	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
Mink’'	29 October 1961	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
Fisher’'	3 December 1961	Nevada Test Site	13.4 kilotons
Gnome’'	10 December 1961	Carlsbad, New Mexico	3 kilotons	Op Plowshare
Mad’'	13 December 1961	Nevada Test Site	500 tons
Ringtail’'	17 December 1961	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
’’Feather’’	22 December 1961	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
Stoat’'	9 January, 1962	Nevada Test Site	5.1 kilotons
Agouti’'	18 January, 1962	Nevada Test Site	6.4 kilotons
Dormouse’'	30 January, 1962	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
Stillwater’'	8 February, 1962	Nevada Test Site	3.07 kilotons
Armadillo’'	9 February, 1962	Nevada Test Site	7.1 kilotons
Hardhat’'	15 February 1962	Nevada Test Site	5.7 kilotons
Chinchilla’'	19 February, 1962	Nevada Test Site	1.9 kilotons
Codsaw’'	19 February, 1962	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
Cimarron’'	23 February, 1962	Nevada Test Site	11.9 kilotons
Platypus’'	24 February, 1962	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
Pampas’'	1 March, 1962	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
Danny Boy’'	5 March, 1962	Nevada Test Site	430 tons
Ermine’'	6 March, 1962	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
Brazos’'	8 March, 1962	Nevada Test Site	8.4 Kilotons
Hognose’'	15 March, 1962	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
Hoosix’'	28 March, 1962	Nevada Test Site	3.4 Kiltons
Chinchilla II’'	31 March, 1962	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
Dormouse II’'	5 April, 1962	Nevada Test Site	10.6 Kilotons
Passaic’'	6 April, 1962	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
Hudson’'	12 April, 1962	Nevada Test Site	’Low’
Platte’'	14 April, 1962	Nevada Test Site	1.85 Kilotons
Dead’'	21 April, 1962	Nevada Test Site	’Low’