Castle Bravo - Wikipedia
WEBCastle Bravo is the sixth largest nuclear explosion in history, exceeded by the Soviet tests of Tsar Bomba at approximately 50 Mt, Test 219 at 24.2 Mt, and three other (Test 147, Test 173 and Test 174) ≈20 Mt Soviet tests in 1962 at Novaya Zemlya.
Castle BRAVO at 70: The Worst Nuclear Test in U.S. History
WEBFeb 29, 2024 · Castle Bravo and its consequences sparked antinuclear protests around the world, raising concerns that Washington was carrying out racist policies.
Castle Bravo - Nuclear Museum
WEBOn March 1, 1954, the United States carried out its largest nuclear detonation, “Castle Bravo,” at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The Bravo shot was the first test of Operation Castle, a series of thermonuclear tests.
Castle Bravo: America’s Largest Nuclear Test - Brookings
WEBFeb 27, 2014 · Scientists were shocked when Castle Bravo produced an astounding 15 megaton yield, making it 1,000 times as powerful as the U.S. nuclear weapons used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
America’s Disastrous Miscalculation: The Castle Bravo Nuclear ...
WEBCode named Castle Bravo, this first test of the Operation Castle test series was 1,000 times more powerful than either of the atomic bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War Two. Within a second of detonation Bravo formed a …
Operation Castle - Wikipedia
WEBThe most notable event of Operation Castle was the Castle Bravo test. The dry fuel for Bravo was 40% Li-6 and 60% Li-7. Only the Li-6 was expected to breed tritium for the deuterium-tritium fusion reaction; the Li-7 was expected to be inert.
60th Anniversary of Castle BRAVO Nuclear Test, the Worst ...
WEBFeb 28, 2014 · The 15-megaton Castle BRAVO nuclear test, 1 March 1954, created a crater a mile wide and spread radioactive fallout around the world. The mushroom cloud rose to 130,000 feet and broadened to more than 25 miles in diameter.