6 Nuclear Forensic Analysis
territory], and sociologic [psychological testing of military personnel controlling
n
uclear
w
arheads
a
nd
o
pen-literature
p
ublication
o
f
t
echnical
s
afety
a
rticles
i
n
s
ci-
entic
journals].
Along
w
ith
t
he
t
hree
o
ther
d
eclared
n
uclear
p
owers
(
Great
B
ritain,
F
rance,
a
nd
C
hina),
t
he
U
nited
S
tates
a
nd
t
he
U
SSR
c
onducted
n
umerous
t
ests
o
f
v
arious
d
evices
in the atmosphere and underground. Primarily at test sites in Nevada and the Marshall
I
slands,
t
he
U
nited
S
tates
e
xecuted
m
ore
t
han
1
000
n
uclear
t
ests
b
etween
1
945
a
nd
1
992
(
>800
u
nderground
a
nd
>
200
a
tmospheric).
T
he
U
S
S
outh
P
acic
t
est
s
eries
o
ccurred
d
uring
1
946–1962
a
nd
r
esulted
i
n
m
ore
t
han
6
5
a
tmospheric
n
uclear
d
etona-
tions.
E
stimates ...