Operation Vixen
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| Vixen | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Test site | Maralinga Range, SAU |
| Period | 1959-1963 |
| Number of tests | 13 |
| Test type | dry surface |
| Max. yield | 0 |
| Navigation | |
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The Vixen series of nuclear tests were all safety experiments, in which bomb mechanism with live core is subjected to abnormal conditions, such as fire, shock and electrical malfunctions to determine whether a nuclear criticality occurs. The obviously successful result is no nuclear criticality, but the high explosives that trigger the fission bomb may explode (in fact, are encouraged to), destroying the bomb and spreading the core material over a localized area.
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| Name [note 1] | Date time (UT) | Local time zone [note 2][1] | Location [note 3] | Elevation + height [note 4] | Delivery, [note 5] Purpose [note 6] |
Device [note 7] | Yield [note 8] | Fallout [note 9] | References | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A (31 separate events) |
1959 through 1961 | aCST (9.5 hrs) |
Maralinga Range, SAU: Wewak Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 180 m (590 ft) + 1 m (3 ft 3 in) | dry surface, safety experiment |
unknown yield | [2][3][4][5] | 31 trials investigating criticality of a burning warhead, disbursed 4.2 kg (9.3 lb) beryllium, 68 kg (150 lb) U-238, .58 kg (1.3 lb) plutonium, 99 Ci (3,700 GBq) of Po-210 and 1.96 curies (73 GBq) of Ac-227. | ||
| B1 | 7 September 1960 23:20:?? | aCST (9.5 hrs) |
Maralinga Range, SAU: Taranaki D Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 180 m (590 ft) + 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) | dry surface, safety experiment |
no yield | [2][4][5][6] | The Vixen B series investigated safety of bombs when the explosives are fired by other then the expected normal ignition sequence. Total disbursement across all 12 tests was 22.2 kg (49 lb) plutonium,. | ||
| B2 | 24 September 1960 22:40:?? | aCST (9.5 hrs) |
Maralinga Range, SAU: Taranaki C Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 180 m (590 ft) + 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) | dry surface, safety experiment |
no yield | [2][4][5][6][7] | 22.4 kg (49 lb) U-235, 24.9 kg (55 lb) U-238, 17.6 kg (39 lb) beryllium. 90% of the debbursements from the tests was buried in pits (later opened in Operation Brumby), and 10% disbursed to the environment. | ||
| B3 | 3 October 1960 07:50:?? | aCST (9.5 hrs) |
Maralinga Range, SAU: Taranaki E Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 180 m (590 ft) + 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) | dry surface, safety experiment |
no yield | [2][4][5][6] | |||
| B1 - Lima 1 | 13 April 1961 11:44:?? | aCST (9.5 hrs) |
Maralinga Range, SAU: Taranaki H Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 180 m (590 ft) + 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) | dry surface, safety experiment |
no yield | [2][4][5][6] | |||
| B1 - Lima 2 | 23 April 1961 05:00:?? | aCST (9.5 hrs) |
Maralinga Range, SAU: Taranaki G Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 180 m (590 ft) + 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) | dry surface, safety experiment |
no yield | [2][4][5][6][7] | |||
| B1 - Lima 3 | 8 May 1961 12:00:?? | aCST (9.5 hrs) |
Maralinga Range, SAU: Taranaki B Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 180 m (590 ft) + 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) | dry surface, safety experiment |
no yield | [2][4][5][6][7] | |||
| B1 - Lima 4 | 18 May 1961 07:30:?? | aCST (9.5 hrs) |
Maralinga Range, SAU: Taranaki J Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 180 m (590 ft) + 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) | dry surface, safety experiment |
no yield | [2][4][5][6][8] | |||
| B1 - Lima 5 | 25 May 1961 05:30:?? | aCST (9.5 hrs) |
Maralinga Range, SAU: Taranaki F Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 180 m (590 ft) + 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) | dry surface, safety experiment |
no yield | [2][4][5][6] | |||
| B3 - Lima 1 | 26 March 1963 00:20:?? | aCST (9.5 hrs) |
Maralinga Range, SAU: Taranaki PD Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 180 m (590 ft) + 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) | dry surface, safety experiment |
no yield | [2][4][5][6] | |||
| B3 - Lima 2 | 2 April 1963 06:15:?? | aCST (9.5 hrs) |
Maralinga Range, SAU: Taranaki PE Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 180 m (590 ft) + 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) | dry surface, safety experiment |
no yield | [2][4][5][6] | |||
| B3 - Lima 3 | 9 April 1963 05:10:?? | aCST (9.5 hrs) |
Maralinga Range, SAU: Taranaki PC Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 180 m (590 ft) + 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) | dry surface, safety experiment |
no yield | [2][4][5][6] | |||
| B3 - Lima 4 | 14 April 1963 03:54:?? | aCST (9.5 hrs) |
Maralinga Range, SAU: Taranaki M Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 180 m (590 ft) + 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) | dry surface, safety experiment |
no yield | [2][4][5][6] |
Notes
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