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Operation Fulcrum

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Country
  
United States

Test type
  
underground shaft

Start date
  
1976

Period
  
1976-1977

Previous test series
  
Operation Anvil

Number of tests
  
21

Test site
  
NTS, Areas 1-4, 6-10, Yucca Flat

Max. yield
  
140 kilotonnes of TNT (590 TJ)

The United States's Fulcrum nuclear test series was a group of 21 nuclear tests conducted in 1976-1977. These tests followed the Operation Anvil (Nuclear test) series and preceded the Operation Cresset series.

References

Operation Fulcrum Wikipedia