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"596" - The Chinese Atomic Bomb

Test: "596"

Time: 07:00 16 October 1964 (GMT)

Location: Lop Nur Test Ground,

42.35 N, 88.30 E

Test Height and Type: Tower, 102 m

Yield: 22 Kt

This pure-fission U-235 implosion fission device named "596" was China's first nuclear test. The device weighed 1550 kg. No plutonium was available at this time.

"596" on the way to the tower

596 Fission Device"596" Atomic Bomb (43 K)

After Detonation

596 Mushroom"596" Detonation (68 K)

Lop Nur After TestLop Nur Nuclear Test Range (67 k).

The Lop Nur Nuclear Test Range four days after the test of "596". Image taken by a KH-4 Corona intelligence satellite.

Larger size image (700x553, 83 k).

Satellite image courtesy John Pike at the Federation of American Scientists, see the FAS Intelligence Resource Program page.

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