Supported by
Chinese Nuclear Explosion Is Reported by the A.E.C.
See the article in its original context from
January 8, 1972, Page 13Buy Reprints
January 8, 1972, Page 13Buy Reprints
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers.
About the Archive
This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them.
Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) —China set off a nuclear test in the atmosphere today, the United States Atomic Energy Commission reported.
The explosion, with a force of less than 20 kilotons—a kiloton is equal to 20,000 tons of TNT—took place at about 2 A.M. Eastern standard time, at the Lop Nor test site in northwest China, the commission said.
It was the 12th known Chinese nuclear explosion in the atmosphere. There has been one known underground test.
Advertisement