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4. USSR Peaceful Nuclear Explosions (Employment of Nuclear Explosive Technologies in the Interests of National Economy)

    Since 1965, the USSR had realized the extensive program of employment of nuclear explosions in peaceful activities. Taking into account the fact that of 124 peaceful nuclear explosions 117 explosions were conducted outside the nuclear test site boundaries, the following table presents separately all USSR peaceful nuclear explosions (including the tests of industrial nuclear devices themselves that were conducted at the nuclear test sites). All peaceful nuclear explosions were conducted underground; therefore, by the classification all of them are attributed to the underground peaceful nuclear explosions.

USSR Peaceful Nuclear Explosions (Employment of Nuclear Explosive Technologies in the Interests of National Economy)
  No. Date Location Type Yield range, kt Comments
1965
1 231 01/15/65 STS "Chagan" shaft 1004 140 First industrial nuclear explosion
2 235 03/30/65 Bashkir ASSR, RSFSR "Butan-1" shaft 617 2.3  
"Butan-2" shaft 618 2.3
3 237 06/10/65 Bashkir ASSR, RSFSR "Butan" shaft 622 7.6  
4 242 10/14/65 STS Sary-Uzen shaft 1003 1.1 Second cratering nuclear explosion
1966
5 248 04/22/66 Azgir, Kazakh SSR shaft A-I 1.1 First nuclear explosion on the Azgir area
6 255 09/30/66 Urta-Bulak, Uzbek SSR shaft 1-s 30 First employment of a nuclear explosion for gas spouter shaft closure
1967
7 274 10/06/67 Tyumen' region, RSFSR "Tavda" shaft 0.3  
1968
8 282 05/21/68 Pamuk, Uzbek SSR shaft 47  
9 286 07/01/68 Azgir, Kazakh SSR shaft A-II 27  
10 291 10/21/68 STS "Tel'kem" shaft 2308 0.24 Third cratering nuclear explosion
11 295 11/12/68 STS "Tel'kem-2" shaft 2305 0.24 Fourth cratering nuclear explosion
"Tel'kem-2" shaft 2306 0.24
"Tel'kem-2" shaft 2307 0.24
1969
12 304 09/02/69 Perm' region, RSFSR "Grifon" shaft 1001 7.6  
13 305 09/08/69 Perm' region, RSFSR "Grifon" shaft 1002 7.6  
14 307 09/26/69 Takhta-Kugulta, Stavropol' territory, RSFSR shaft 10 Nuclear explosion employment for gas extraction intensification
15 313 12/06/69 Mangyshlak, Kazakh SSR shaft 2-T 30  
1970
16 320 06/25/70 Orenburg region, RSFSR "Magistral" shaft 1T-2S 2.3 First nuclear explosion for creating of gas storage tanks
17 329 12/12/70 Mangyshlak, Kazakh SSR shaft 6T 80  
18 331 12/23/70 Mangyshlak, Kazakh SSR shaft 1-T 75  
1971
19 335 03/23/71 Perm' region, RSFSR "Taiga" shaft 1B 15 Fifth cratering nuclear explosion
shaft 2B 15
shaft 3B 15
20 336 04/09/71 STS tunnel 148/1 0.23  
21 342 07/02/71 Komi ASSR, RSFSR "Globus" shaft GB-4 2.3 First nuclear explosion in the seismic probing program
22 343 07/10/71 Komi ASSR, RSFSR "Globus" shaft GB-3 2.3  
23 344 09/19/71 Ivanovo region, RSFSR "Globus" shaft GB-1 2.3  
24 346 10/04/71 Arkhangelsk region, RSFSR "Globus" shaft GB-2 2.3  
25 349 10/22/71 Orenburg region, RSFSR "Sapfir" shaft E-2 15  
26 352 12/22/71 Azgir, Kazakh SSR shaft A-III 64  
1972
27 358 04/11/72 Mary, Turkmen SSR "Crater" shaft 15  
28 363 07/09/72 Ukrainian SSR "Fakel" shaft 3.8  
29 366 08/20/72 Kazakh SSR "Region" shaft R-3 6.6  
30 370 09/04/72 Murmansk region, RSFSR "Dnepr-1" tunnel 2.1 First nuclear explosion on ore fragmentation technology testing
31 371 09/21/72 Orenburg region "Region" shaft R-1 2.3  
32 373 10/03/72 Kalmyk ASSR, RSFSR "Region" shaft R-4 6.6  
33 374 11/24/72 Orenburg region, RSFSR "Region" shaft R-2 2.3  
34 375 11/24/72 Kazakh SSR "Region" shaft R-5 6.6  
1973
35 383 08/15/73 Kazakh SSR "Meridian" shaft MN-3 6.3  
36 384 08/28/73 Kazakh SSR "Meridian" shaft MN-1 6.3  
37 386 09/19/73 Kazakh SSR "Meridian" shaft MN-2 6.3  
38 389 09/30/73 Orenburg region, RSFSR "Sapfir" shaft E-3 10  
39 390 10/26/73 Bashkir ASSR, RSFSR "Kama-2" shaft 10 First nuclear explosion on oil and chemical industrial waste water burial
1974
40 402 07/08/74 Bashkir ASSR, RSFSR "Kama-1" shaft 10  
41 405 08/14/74 Tyumen' region, RSFSR "Gorizont" shaft G-2 7.6  
42 406 08/29/74 Komi ASSR, RSFSR "Gorizont" shaft G-1 7.6  
43 409 10/02/74 Jakutsk ASSR, RSFSR "Kristall" shaft 1.7  
44 413 12/07/74 STS "Lazurit" shaft R-1 1.7  
45 415 12/16/74 STS tunnel 148/5 3.8  
1975
46 420 04/25/75 Azgir, Kazakh SSR shaft A-II-2 0.35 First repeated nuclear explosion in a rock salt cavity produced by a previous nuclear explosion
47 426 08/12/75 Jakutsk ASSR, RSFSR "Gorizont" shaft G-4 7.6  
48 428 09/29/75 Krasnoyarsk territory, RSFSR "Gorizont" shaft G-3 7.6  
1976
49 438 03/29/76 Azgir, Kazakh SSR shaft A-III-2 10  
50 446 07/29/76 Azgir, Kazakh SSR shaft A-IV 58  
51 452 11/05/76 Jakutsk ASSR, RSFSR "Oka" shaft 42 15  
1977
52 462 07/26/77 Krasnoyarsk territory, RSFSR "Meteorit" shaft M2 15  
53 464 08/11/77 Chita region, RSFSR "Meteorit" shaft M5 8.5  
54 466 08/21/77 Krasnoyarsk territory, RSFSR "Meteorit" shaft M3 8.5  
55 469 09/10/77 Irkutsk region, RSFSR "Meteorit" shaft M4 7.6  
56 470 09/30/77 Azgir, Kazakh SSR shaft A-V 10  
57 472 10/14/77 Azgir, Kazakh SSR shaft A-II-3 0.1  
58 475 10/30/77 Azgir, Kazakh SSR shaft A-II-4 0.01  
1978
59 490 08/09/78 Jakutsk ASSR, RSFSR "Kraton" shaft KR-4 22  
60 492 08/24/78 Jakutsk ASSR, RSFSR "Kraton" shaft KR-3 22  
61 495 09/12/78 Azgir, Kazakh SSR shaft A-II-5 0.08  
62 498 09/21/78 Krasnoyarsk territory, RSFSR "Kraton" shaft KR-2 15  
63 500 10/08/78 Jakutsk ASSR RSFSR "Vyatka" shaft 43 15
64 502 10/17/78 Azgir, Kazakh SSR shaft A-VII 20 - 150 First salvo nuclear explosion on the Azgir area (total energy release - 73 kt)
shaft A-VII 0.001 - 20
65 503 10/17/78 Tyumen' region, RSFSR "Kraton" shaft KR-1 22  
66 508 11/30/78 Azgir, Kazakh SSR shaft A-II-6 0.06  
67 510 12/18/78 Azgir, Kazakh SSR shaft A-IX 103  


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