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English: Path of nuclear fallout plume after U.S. nuclear weapons test Bravo (yield 15 Mt) on Bikini Atoll. It is the single worst contamination accident in U.S. nuclear history. The test was part of the Operation Castle. The Bravo event was an experimental thermonuclear device surface event.
Suomi: Ydinkoe Bravon (räjähdysvoima 15 Mt) radioaktiivinen laskeuma. Bravo testi on Yhdysvaltojen pahin ydinonnettomuus. Testi oli osa Operaatio Castlea. Bravo räjäytys oli kokeellinen fuusioreaktioon perustuva pintaräjäytys Bikinin atollilla.
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www.uscoldwar.com Chuck Hansen, The Swords of Armageddon: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Development Since 1945 (Sunnyvale, CA: Chukelea Publications, 1995).
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Path of nuclear fallout plume after U.S. nuclear weapons test Castle Bravo in 1953. It was the single worst contamination accident in U.S. nuclear history. ==Licensing== *Immediate source: Chuck Hansen, ''The Swords of Armageddon: U.S. Nuclear Weapons De
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