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Database of nuclear tests, China-PRC: Introduction

• ID number--sequential number in listing
• Shot name--Chinese name
• Shot code--
  • S--salvo test, first listed detonation
  • SS--salvo test, additional detonations
  • X--not included in some listings
• Year, month, day (GMT)
• Time (GMT)
• Site--
  • LN--Lop Nor
    • LN-A--Lop Nor, area "A"
    • LN-B--Lop Nor, area "B"
    • LN-C--Lop Nor, area "C"
    • LN-D--Lop Nor, area "D"
• 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
    • A-AD--airdrop
    • A-R--rocket or missile
  • AS--atmospheric, surface
    • AS-T--tower
  • 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