Underwater Atomic Energy Tests

Underwater tests were banned by the partial nuclear test ban treaty in 19 63. The us. k, and the us. S r managed to conduct total of nine before that came into place. Instead of spreading radioactive particles through a wider atmospheric region, it instead released an immediate radioactive water cloud. So the ships used in these tests were highly radiated and impossible to clean,. so they were just towed out to the deepe and scuttled.