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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:
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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’ | |
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