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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3738710" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>Sept. 19, 1957</p><p> On this day in 1957, the United States detonates a 1.7 kiloton nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel at the <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/nevada" target="_blank"><u>Nevada</u></a> Test Site (NTS), a 1,375 square mile research center located 65 miles north of <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/las-vegas" target="_blank"><u>Las Vegas</u></a>. The test, known as Rainier, was the first fully contained underground detonation and produced no radioactive fallout. A modified W-25 warhead weighing 218 pounds and measuring 25.7 inches in diameter and 17.4 inches in length was used for the test. Rainier was part of a series of 29 nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons safety tests known as Operation Plumbbob that were conducted at the NTS between May 28, 1957, and October 7, 1957.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3738710, member: 1246"] Sept. 19, 1957 On this day in 1957, the United States detonates a 1.7 kiloton nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel at the [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/nevada'][U]Nevada[/U][/URL] Test Site (NTS), a 1,375 square mile research center located 65 miles north of [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/las-vegas'][U]Las Vegas[/U][/URL]. The test, known as Rainier, was the first fully contained underground detonation and produced no radioactive fallout. A modified W-25 warhead weighing 218 pounds and measuring 25.7 inches in diameter and 17.4 inches in length was used for the test. Rainier was part of a series of 29 nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons safety tests known as Operation Plumbbob that were conducted at the NTS between May 28, 1957, and October 7, 1957. [/QUOTE]
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