Operation Sculpin 1990-1991

⚔ ☢ Serie på 9 underjordiske amerikanske  atomvåbenforsøg i Nevada forsøgsområdet i den anden del af den kolde krig.
Oplysninger om operationen er stadig skjulte som klassificeret eller maskeret information.
Atomvåbenforsøgene kom efter Operation Aqueduct og før Operation Julin.
Atomvåbenforsøgene omfattede / The nuclear weapons tests included
  1. Houston 14. november 20 til 150 kilotons
  2. Coso Bronze 8. marts
  3. Coso Gray 8. marts
  4. Coso Silver 8. marts
  5. Bexar 4. april 20 til 150 kt
  6. Montello 16. april 20 til 150 kt
  7. Floydada 15. august 20 kt
  8. Hoya 14. september 20 til 150 kt
  9. Distant Zenith 19. september 20 kt
Se tillige: Operation Anvil ; Aqueduct ; Arbor ; Argus ; Bedrock ; Bowline ; Buster-Jangle ; Castle ; Chariot ; Charioteer ; Cornerstone ; Cresset ; Crossroads ; Crosstie ; Cue ; Dominic ; Dominic II ; Dugout ; Emery ; Fishbowl ; Flintlock ; Fulcrum ; Fusileer ; Greenhouse ; Grenadier ; Grommet ; Guardian ; Hardtack I ; Hardtack II ; Ivy ; Julin ; Latchkey ; Little Feller ; Mandrel ; Musketeer ; Newsreel ; Niblick ; Nougat ; Phalanx ; Plowshare ; Plumbbob ; Praetorian ; Project 56 ; Project 57 ; Project 58 ; Project 58A ; Quicksilver ; Ranger ; Redwing ; Roller Coaster ; Sandstone ; Storax ; Sunbeam ; Teapot ; Tinderbox ; Toggle ; Touchstone ; Trinity ; Tumbler-Snapper ; Upshot-Knothole ; Whetstone ; Wigwam.
Miljøforurening
/ Contamination, environmental pollution
Se også: Barium ; beryllium ; cerium ; cæsium ; jod ; krypton ; lanthanum ; molybdæn ; neptunium ; niobium ; plutonium ; polonium ; radioaktivitet ; ruthenium ; strontium-90 ; tellur ; tritium ; uran ; xenon ; zirkonium.

Litteratur

Hacker, Barton C.: Elements of controversy: the Atomic Energy Commission and radiation safety in nuclear weapons testing, 1947-1974. University of California Press, 1994 - 614 pp.
Department of Energy: Declassification of the Number of Devices and Amount of Plutonium in Nuclear Tests: United States Nuclear Tests With Unannounced Simultaneous Detonations, 1994.
- https://www.osti.gov/opennet/forms.jsp?formurl=document/press/pc25tab1.html
United States Nuclear Tests, July 1945 through September 1992.
U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office, DOE/NV--209-REV 15, December 2000.

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