• Nuclear tests

• ID number--sequential number in listing
• Shot name--Chinese name
• Shot code--
  • S--salvo test, first listed detonation
  • SS--salvo test, additional detonations
  • ?--may not have occurred
• Year, month, day (GMT)
• Time (GMT)
• Site--
  • CHA--Chagai Hills, Pakistan
  • POK--Pokoran, India
  • -SATL--South Atlantic Ocean
• Latitude (° N) and Longitude (° E)
• Location code
• Hole designation--shaft or tunnel number
• Height of burst--negative indicates depth
• Ground zero altitude
• Ground zero code
• Type of detonation--
  • A--atmospheric
  • UG--underground
    • UG-S--shaft
    • UG-T-tunnel
• Purpose--
  • WR--nuclear weapons related
• Yield, minimum and maximum--in kt, Western figures
• Yield, estimated--in kt, reported figures from unofficial or Western sources
• Yield notes
• Yield, preferred value
• Magnitude Mb--seismic
• Crater--diameter in meters
• Vented--radioactivity release in curies
• Device
  • ER--enhanced radiation
  • FZ--fizzile
  • IC--implosion, composite core
  • IP--implosion, plutonium core
  • IU--implosion, uranium core
  • TN--thermonuclear, multistage (number indicates % fission)
• Warhead
• Sponsor
• Reported
• Notes
• Sources--see list below

Sources for PRC test list:

• 1 = Yang, Xiaoping, Robert North, and Carl Romney, Aug. 2000, "CMR Nuclear Explosion Database (Revision 3)," on line, SMDC Monitoring Research [http://www.rdss.info/database/nucex/report/explosion.pdf].
• 2 = Sublette, Carey, Nuclear Weapon Archives, on line [http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/India/IndiaRealYields.html].
• 3 = Sublette, Carey, Nuclear Weapon Archives, on line [http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/India/IndiaShakti.html].
• 4 = Sublette, Carey, Nuclear Weapon Archives, on line [http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Pakistan/PakTests.html].
• 5 = on line [http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jun/30bomb3.htm].
• 6 = Albright, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, on line [http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=ja98albright].
• 7 = Norris, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, on line [http://www.thebulletin.org/article_nn.php?art_ofn=nd98norris].
• 8 = Sublette, Carey, Nuclear Weapon Archives, on line [http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Safrica/Vela.html].
• 9 = USGS, 9 Oct. 2006, "Magnitude 4.2-North Korea," on line, USGS Earthquake Hazards Program [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/ustqab.php].