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1954 Soviet nuclear tests

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Country
  
Soviet Union

Number of tests
  
10

Period
  
1954

Test site
  
Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Orenburg, Russia

Test type
  
air drop, atmospheric, dry surface, tower

Max. yield
  
62 kilotonnes of TNT (260 TJ)

The Soviet Union's 1954 nuclear test series was a group of 10 nuclear tests conducted in 1954. These tests followed the 1953 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1955 Soviet nuclear tests series.

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1954 Soviet nuclear tests Wikipedia