Operation Emery

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Operation Emery was a series of underground nuclear tests conducted by the United States as part of its Cold War-era nuclear weapons development program.

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Operation Emery canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States nuclear weapons testing program
nuclear test series
alsoKnownAs Emery nuclear test series
classification weapons test
country United States of America
surface form: United States
domain nuclear weapons engineering
endDate 1971
era Cold War era
followedBy Operation Grommet
hasContext Cold War nuclear arms race
historicalSignificance contributed to refinement of U.S. nuclear arsenal during the Cold War
location Nevada Test Site NERFINISHED
militaryBranchInvolved United States Air Force
United States Army
United States Navy
numberOfTests 16
operator United States Atomic Energy Commission
Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense
oversightBody United States Atomic Energy Commission
partOf Cold War
United States nuclear weapons program NERFINISHED
partOfSeries Nevada Test Site underground test series
precededBy Operation Mandrel
programPhase post-Limited Test Ban Treaty underground testing phase
purpose nuclear weapons development
weapons effects research
regulatoryContext U.S. nuclear test safety standards of the 1970s
relatedTo Nevada National Security Site
surface form: Nevada Test Site underground nuclear tests

Operation Grommet
Operation Mandrel
riskType radioactive contamination risk
safetyRegime underground-only testing policy of the United States after 1963
startDate 1970
testEnvironment shaft
tunnel
underground
testMedium subsurface rock formations
testPurposeDetail data collection on underground detonations
improvement of nuclear stockpile reliability
validation of warhead designs
testSiteCountry United States ONNED1
testSiteRegion Nevada
testType underground nuclear test
timePeriod early 1970s
treatyContext conducted after 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty

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Operation Crosstie followedBy Operation Emery
Operation Grommet precededBy Operation Emery