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Upshot–Knothole Simon was a nuclear detonation conducted as part of the U.S. Operation Upshot–Knothole nuclear testing program. Simon was conducted on...

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Upshot–Knothole Encore was a nuclear weapons test conducted by the United States as part of Operation Upshot–Knothole. It took place on May 8, 1953 in...

the Nevada Test Site (specifically Frenchman Flat) as part of the Upshot–Knothole series of nuclear tests. The test—codenamed "Grable"—was attended by...

Bibcode:1989PrPG...13..216L. doi:10.1177/030913338901300203. S2CID 140599684. Avery, Simon V. (1995). "Caesium accumulation by microorganisms: uptake mechanisms, cation...

(JTF-7) at Bikini Atoll beginning in March 1954. It followed Operation Upshot–Knothole and preceded Operation Teapot. Conducted as a joint venture between...

pure-fission designs. Several RACER cores were proof-fired during Upshot–Knothole with mock-up secondary stages as shots Nancy (Mark 14) with DT gas...

compact MK 7 device. This boosted fission device had been tested in the Upshot–Knothole Climax event and yielded 61 kilotons of TNT [kt] (260 TJ) (out of 50–70 kt...

atomic tests of Operation Greenhouse on Eniwetok Atoll, Operation Upshot-Knothole and Operation Teapot at the site. Homes and commercial buildings of...

cater for the more than 7,000 personnel who were involved in Operation Upshot–Knothole in 1953. When the AEC was formed in 1947 it acquired custody of nuclear...

Along with increased testing of nuclear weapons (such as RDS-37 and Upshot–Knothole) called the arms race, the tense geopolitical situation created a politically...

of the Soviet Union. March 17 – The first nuclear test of Operation Upshot–Knothole is conducted in Nevada, with 1,620 spectators at 3.4 km (2.1 mi). March...

tests with uranium hydride and uranium deuteride during Operation Upshot–Knothole were disappointing, however. During the early phases of the Manhattan...

weapons testing had occurred at the test site, as part of Operation Upshot–Knothole. Director Dick Powell died of cancer in January 1963. Pedro Armendáriz...

exposed to fallout, was diagnosed with cancer. Following Operation Upshot–Knothole, the Sheahan family attempted to sell their claim to the Atomic Energy...

Operation Buster-Jangle and Operation Tumbler-Snapper in 1952, Operation Upshot-Knothole in 1953, Operation Castle in 1954, and Operation Teapot in 1955. The...

doi:10.1097/00004032-196004000-00008. PMID 13725069. Bouville, André; Simon, Steven L.; Miller, Charles W.; Beck, Harold L.; Anspaugh, Lynn R.; Bennett...

the Atomic Bomb. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-44133-3. Rhodes, Richard (1995). Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-80400-2...