Tejon

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Underground nuclear test in a vertical stemmed shaft of 245 feet depth. Detonated at 14:55:00.0 on 17 May 1963 in the Storax test series.
Location data from the US DOE (link below). Device was stated to yield less than 20 kilotons.
www.nv.doe.gov/library/publications/historical/DOE_NV%2...

See: nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/Storax.html

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Storax

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Coordinates: 37°2'53"N 116°1'59"W

"Bilby" 1.6 km
Apple II houses 3.7 km
Yucca Flat 4.1 km
"Glencoe" 4.9 km
"Easy" 4.9 km
Area 7 6.1 km
Transportation Incident Exercise Site 6.3 km
Trench Site for Apple 2 6.7 km
Nevada Test and Training Range 20 km
Nevada National Security Site 21 km

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"Bilby" Apple II houses Yucca Flat "Glencoe" "Easy" Area 7 Transportation Incident Exercise Site Trench Site for Apple 2 Nevada Test and Training Range Nevada National Security Site