Amchitka is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska. It is about 64 km (40 mi) long. The Rat Islands is a group of islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska, between the Near Islands, to its west, and the Andreanof Islands group, to its east, at about 52° 6 North, 177° 36 West. ... Looking down the Aleutians from an airplane. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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Amchitka was selected in 1967 by the United States Atomic Energy Commission to be the site for underground tests of nuclear weapons. The commission financed the transplanting of much of the island's animal life to other sites. Three tests were conducted causing much controversy: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (826x478, 6 KB) Map of the Western Aleutian Islands. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (826x478, 6 KB) Map of the Western Aleutian Islands. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Shield of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. ... Preparation for an underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site in the 1980s. ...

• Long Shot, an 80 kiloton blast in 1965
• Milrow, a 1.2 megaton blast in 1969
• Cannikin, at 5 megaton in 1971, the largest underground U.S. test ever.

A megaton or megatonne is a unit of mass equal to 1,000,000 metric tons, i. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Test Film

Nuclear Weapons Test Film: The Milrow Test (0800040 - 1969 - 27:30 - Color)

This video discusses the MILROW detonation, part of Operation Mandrel, as presented by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. The narrator sums up the reason for the test when he states, "The purpose of the MILROW test was to test an island, not a weapon." The device, detonated on October 2, 1969, on Amchitka Island, Alaska, was buried 1,200 m underground and had a yield of 1.2 megatons. MILROW demonstrated that a larger nuclear test could be safely conducted on the island. Operation Mandrel was a series of forty-three nuclear test explosions. ... Los Alamos National Laboratory, aerial view from 1995. ... October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

As seen in video number 0800038, scenic views of the island and additional World War II activities on Amchitka Island are shown. Additional footage shows environmental and safety activities before and after the test. The nuclear explosive package is shown being lowered into the shaft. An extensive overview of the unique shaft stemming and backfill operations is also shown along with a summary of diagnostic tests and their equipment. Surface effects during and after the detonation are shown, including subsidence crater results that differed from standard subsidences after nuclear explosions at the Nevada Test Site. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the use of images on this page may require cleanup, involving adjustment of image placement, formatting, size, or other adjustments. ... November 1951 nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. ...

Sources

• Office of Scientific and Technical Information
• Greenpeace expedition to Amchitka island