Operation Vixen

The Vixen series of nuclear tests were all safety experiments, in which bomb mechanism with live core is subjected to abnormal conditions, such as fire, shock and electrical malfunctions to determine whether a nuclear criticality occurs. The obviously successful result is no nuclear criticality, but the high explosives that trigger the fission bomb may explode (in fact, are encouraged to), destroying the bomb and spreading the core material over a localized area.

The United Kingdom test series summary table is here: United Kingdom's nuclear testing series.

The detonations in the United Kingdom's Vixen series are listed below:

Table notes: