Greenhouse Item

Greenhouse Item
Information
CountryUnited States
Test seriesOperation Greenhouse
Test siteEnewetak
DateMay 25, 1951
Test typeAtmospheric
Yield45.5 kt
Test chronology

Greenhouse-Item was an American nuclear test conducted on May 25, 1951, as part of Operation Greenhouse at the Pacific Proving Ground, specifically on the island of Engebi in the Eniwetok Atoll in the Central Pacific Ocean. This test explosion was the second test of a boosted fission weapon, the second instance of artificial thermonuclear fusion, following the Greenhouse George test on May 9.