Operation Nougat

During the Cold War, Operation Nougat was a series of thirty-two nuclear tests conducted (with one exception) at the Nevada Test Site during the 1962 Fiscal Year. The individual blasts were:

Nougat Test Blasts
Test Name Date Location Yield Note
Shrew16 September 1961Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Boomer10 October 1961Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Chena29 October 1961Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Mink29 October 1961Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Fisher3 December 1961Nevada Test Site13.4 kilotons
Gnome10 December 1961Carlsbad, New Mexico3 kilotons Op Plowshare
Mad13 December 1961Nevada Test Site500 tons
Ringtail17 December 1961Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Feather22 December 1961Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Stoat9 January 1962Nevada Test Site5.1 kilotons
Agouti18 January 1962Nevada Test Site6.4 kilotons
Dormouse30 January 1962Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Stillwater8 February 1962Nevada Test Site3.07 kilotons
Armadillo9 February 1962Nevada Test Site7.1 kilotons
Hardhat15 February 1962Nevada Test Site5.7 kilotons
Chinchilla19 February 1962Nevada Test Site1.9 kilotons
Codsaw19 February 1962Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Cimarron 23 February 1962Nevada Test Site11.9 kilotons
Platypus24 February 1962Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Pampas1 March 1962Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Danny Boy5 March 1962Nevada Test Site430 tons
Ermine6 March 1962Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Brazos8 March 1962Nevada Test Site8.4 Kilotons
Hognose15 March 1962Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Hoosix28 March 1962Nevada Test Site3.4 Kiltons
Chinchilla II31 March 1962Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Dormouse II5 April 1962Nevada Test Site10.6 Kilotons
Passaic6 April 1962Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Hudson12 April 1962Nevada Test Site‘Low’
Platte14 April 1962Nevada Test Site1.85 Kilotons
Dead21 April 1962Nevada Test Site‘Low’
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