Emu Field, South Australia

[3] The site was also used in September–October 1953 for some of the Kitten series of tests, which were conventional (rather than nuclear) explosions used to evaluate neutron initiators.

[citation needed] It was later found that the radioactive cloud from the first detonation did not disperse as expected, and travelled north-east over the Australian continent.

There are now stone monuments at the ground-zero points, which can be visited by tourists (with the written approval of the RAAF Woomera Test Range who now control access to the area), though the location is still extremely remote (see Anne Beadell Highway).

Evidence of the explosions may still be seen at ground-zero in the form of vitrified sand and concentric blast rings.

[citation needed] A history of the tests at Emu Field by Elizabeth Tynan was published in 2022.