581:"United States Nuclear Tests, July 1945 to 31 December 1992" (NWD 94–1), Robert Standish Norris and Thomas B. Cochran, Nuclear Weapons Databook, Working Papers, Natural Resources Defense Council, 1350 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005, 202-783-7800, 1 February 1994.
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16:Element of Project Vela
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1072:Alamogordo
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923:Project 57
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791:Grenadier
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320:Flintlock
305:Long Shot
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258:Whetstone
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