Operation Emery
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Operation Emery[1] 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 6.7 million curies (250 petabecquerels)[2] of radioactivity that escaped through cracks in the ground. As a result of the containment failure, a six month moratorium was placed on the US nuclear testing program. [3]
The individual tests of this series were:
| Name | Date | Size |
|---|---|---|
| SCREE-ACAJOU, -ALHAMBRA, -CHAMOIS |
October 13 | 3 < 20 kilotons |
| TIJERAS | October 14 | 20 to 200 kilotons |
| TRUCHAS-CHACON, -CHAMISAL, -RODARLE |
October 28 | 3 < 20 kilotons |
| ABEYTAS | November 5 | 20 to 200 kilotons |
| PENASCO | November 19 | < 20 kilotons |
| CARRIZOZO, CORAZON | December 3 | < 20 kilotons |
| ARTESIA | December 16 | 20 to 200 kilotons |
| AVENS-ANDORRE, -ALKERMES, -ASAMLTE, -CREAM |
December 16 | 4 < 20 kilotons |
| CANJILON | December 16 | < 20 kilotons |
| CARPETBAG | December 17 | 220 kilotons |
| BANEBERRY | December 18 | 10 kilotons |
| EMBUDO | June 16 | < 20 kilotons |
| LAGUNA | June 23 | 20 to 200 kilotons |
| DEXTER | June 23 | < 20 kilotons |
| HAREBELL | June 24 | 20 to 200 kilotons |
| CAMPHOR | June 29 | < 20 kilotons |
