Editing Nevada Test Site (section)

===Area 8===
[[File:Operation Emery - Baneberry.jpg|thumb|upright|Radioactive materials were accidentally released from the 1970 Baneberry shot in Area&nbsp;8.]]
Area 8 held 13 nuclear tests for a total of 15 detonations.<ref name="DOE/NV-209" />

Area 8 hosted the "Baneberry" shot of [[Operation Emery]] on December 18, 1970. The Baneberry {{convert|10|ktonTNT|abbr=on|adj=on}} test detonated {{convert|900|ft|m}} below the surface but its energy cracked the soil in unexpected ways, causing a fissure near ground zero and the failure of the shaft stemming and cap.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://asc.llnl.gov/news/news_archive/baneberry.pdf |title=Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. News Archive. Tarabay H. Antoun. ''Three Dimensional Simulation of the Baneberry Nuclear Event'' |access-date=April 24, 2010 |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527170837/https://asc.llnl.gov/news/news_archive/baneberry.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> A plume of fire and dust was released, raining fallout on workers in different locations within the site. The radioactive plume released {{convert|6.7|MCi|PBq}} of radioactive material, including {{convert|80|kCi|PBq|abbr=on}} of Iodine<sup>131</sup>.<ref name="cancer.gov">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cancer.gov/i131/fallout/Chapter2.pdf |title=National Cancer Institute. National Institute of Health. ''History of the Nevada Test Site and Nuclear Testing Background'' |access-date=April 24, 2010 |archive-date=December 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221175816/http://www.cancer.gov/i131/fallout/Chapter2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>