Operation Greenhouse 1951
Thermonuclear weapon component tests — first boosted fission devices
Year
1951
Tests
4
Max yield
225 kt
Hiroshimas
15
Films
1
Four tests (Dog, Easy, George, Item). George tested the first thermonuclear fusion boosting — a crucial step toward the H-bomb. Item was the first boosted fission weapon. The 225 kt yield was double what was predicted.
- Location
- Enewetak Atoll, Pacific Proving Grounds
- Country
- USA
- Coordinates
- 11.5, 162.2 · view on map →
Films (1)