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How many bombs did the United States test at their site in the Pacific?
54
100
This is the name for the group of islands around the area that the United States tested nuclear weapons.
Marshall Islands
100
The United States refers to their nuclear accidents as this.
"Broken Arrow" accidents
100
When was nuclear testing banned in the atmosphere, underwater, and in outer space?
1963
200
Why was the most powerful bomb equipped with a parachute?
To slow its descent and allow the crew time to escape.
200
The code name for the first nuclear test was what?
Trinity
200
A nuclear bomb was accidentally dropped over this area in 1957.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
200
When was the most powerful nuclear detonation?
October 30th, 1961
300
This Soviet nuclear weapon was the most powerful nuclear detonation to date.
Tsar Bomba
300
This was a testing place for nuclear weapons by the United States from 1954 to 1958.
Bikini Atoll
300
Why can't many island residents in the pacific return to their homes?
Fear of nuclear contamination
300
Approximately how many extra people were exposed to radiation when the Soviets attempted to clean up the Chernobyl incident?
~200 000
400
This weapon was the first to be tested by the United States at their pacific test site. What was its tonnage? (Megatons)
15
400
The most powerful nuclear detonation was where?
Novaya Zemlya
400
Approximately how many died as a result of the Chernobyl incident?
30
400
How many nuclear detonations were shown in Isao Hashimoto's nuclear timeline?
2053
500
How high was the mushroom cloud from the detonation of the most powerful bomb?
40 miles.
500
Where was the first nuclear bomb dropped?
Hiroshima, Japan
500
This scientific test rocket almost led to the Soviets launching an all out nuclear attack on the U.S
Brant Black XII
500
When did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur?
April 25th, 1986