Country Soviet Union Number of tests 21 | Period 1976 | |
Test site Atyrau, Kazakhstan; Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Sakha, Russia; Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan Test type underground shaft, underground tunnel Max. yield 130 kilotonnes of TNT (540 TJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1976 nuclear test series was a group of 21 nuclear tests conducted in 1976. These tests followed the 1975 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1977 Soviet nuclear tests series.
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