Bikini Tests



18:45:00.0 28 February 1954 (GMT) Bikini Atoll. Surface burst.
Yield 15 Mt. A 15 Mt two stage thermonuclear surface burst.
The Bravo test created the worst radiological disaster in US history.


22:00:34 30 June 1946 (GMT) Bikini Atoll lagoon, Marshall Islands.
Airburst,520 ft. Yield 23 Kt. A standard Fat Man type Mk 3A fission bomb.
The bomb fell 980 ft short and 1870 ft left of target.


17:51 20 May 1956, Bikini Atoll. 
Test B-52 Air Drop, 4350 (+/- 150) Ft burst. Yield 3.8 Mt.


17:50.00.1 11-May-58. Bikini Atoll
Yield 1360Kt (1500 est). Sponsor UCRL. 
Test of weapon deployment Clean 2-stage Thermonuclear Device.
Only 90 kt of yield due to fission (6.6%).

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