• Nuclear tests
• Non-nuclear and ambiguous events

• ID number--sequential number in listing
• Shot name--French 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--
  • AL--French Algeria:
    • AL-IE--French Algeria, In Ecker (CSEM)
    • AL-R--French Algeria, Reggane Proving Ground (CEMO)
  • PFA--Pacific Test Site (CEP), Fangataufa:
    • PFA-FR--Fangataufa, Fregate zone
    • PFA-L--Fangataufa, lagoon
    • PFA-L2--Fangataufa, lagoon, area 2
    • PFA-R1--Fangataufa, rim, area 1 (southern rim)
  • PMU--Pacific Test Site (CEP), Mururoa:
    • PMU-L--Mururoa, lagoon (areas 5, 6, 7)
    • PMU-CO--Mururoa, Colette zone
    • PMU-DE--Mururoa, Denise zone
    • PMU-DI--Mururoa, Dindon zone
    • PMU-R--Mururoa, rim (areas 1, 2, 3, 4)
    • PMU-R34--Mururoa, rim, areas 3 and 4 (islands of Zoe and Yvonne)
• Latitude (° N) and Longitude (° E)
• Location code
• Hole designation
• Height of burst--negative indicates depth
• Ground zero altitude--0 indicates burst above/below water
• Ground zero code
• Type of detonation--
  • A--atmospheric
    • A-AD--airdrop
    • A-B--balloon
  • AS--atmospheric, surface
    • AS-T--tower
  • AW--atmospheric, water surface
    • AW-B--balloon
    • AW-BG--barge
  • UG--underground
    • UG-S--shaft
    • UG-T-tunnel
• Purpose--
  • PR--research for peaceful applications
  • SE--safety experiment
  • WE--weapons effects
  • WR--nuclear weapons related
• Yield, minimum and maximum--in kt, announced figures
• Yield, estimated--in kt, reported figures from unofficial sources
• Yield notes
• Yield, preferred value
• Magnitude Mb--seismic
• Crater--diameter in meters
• Vented--radioactivity release in curies
• Device
  • BF--boosted fission
  • ER--enhanced radiation
  • FZ--fizzile
  • IP--implosion, plutonium core
  • ND--no detonation
  • TN--thermonuclear, multistage (number indicates % fission)
• Warhead
• Sponsor
• Reported
• Notes
• Sources--see list below

Sources for French test list:

• 1 = Yang, Xiaoping, Robert North, and Carl Romney, Aug. 2000, "CMR Nuclear Explosion Database (Revision 3)," on line, SMDC Monitoring Research [http://www.rdss.info/database/nucex/report/explosion.pdf].
• 2 = Norris, Robert S., Andrew S. Burrows, and Richard W. Fieldhouse, 1994, Nuclear Weapons Databook, Vol. 5: British, French, and Chinese Nuclear Weapons, Westview Press (Boulder, CO).
• 3 = International Atomic Energy Agency, 1998, The Radiological Situation at the Atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa, Main Report, IAEA (Vienna, Austria), on line at IAEA [http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1028_web.pdf].
• 4 = International Atomic Energy Agency, March 2005, Radiological Conditions at the Former French Nuclear Test Sites in Algeria: Preliminary Assessment and Recommendations, IAEA (Vienna, Austria), on line at IAEA [http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1215_web.pdf].
• 5 = Ministry of Defense, March 2007, La Dimension Radiologique des Essais Nucleaires Francais en Polynesie, Ministry of Defense, on line at CEA [http://www-dam.cea.fr/statique/dossiers/mururoa/img/La_dimension_radiologique_des_essais_nucleaires_francais_en_Polynesie.pdf].
• a = Capcom Espace, 2005, "Les essais nucleaire Francais," Capcom Espace, on line [http://www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/espace_europeen/albion/essais_nucleaire_francais_listing.htm].
• b = Andryushin, L. A., N. P. Voloshin, R. I. Ilkaev, A. M. Matushchenko, L. D. Ryabev, V. G. Strukov, A. K. Chernyshev, and Yu. A. Yudin, 1999, Catalog of Worldwide Nuclear Testing, RFNC-VNIIEF (Sarov, Russia), on line at Institute of Strategic Stability [http://www.iss.niiit.ru/ksenia/catal_nt/index.htm].