No nuclear weapons were detonated globally during the calendar year 1959
the verdict
REFUTED
the evidence says no
confidence 4/100
Historical and radiological records refute the claim that no nuclear weapons were detonated in 1959, as extensive atmospheric testing occurred throughout the late 1950s.
Evidence against · 3
Plutonium Signatures in a Dated Sediment Core as a Tool to Reveal Nuclear Sources in the Baltic Sea.
2023 · cited by 4
Paper [7] discusses the global fallout period spanning 1958 to 1965, confirming active nuclear detonations and testing during that timeframe.
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More against · 2
Reconstructing the chronology of the natural and anthropogenic uranium isotopic signals in a marine sediment core from Beppu Bay, Japan.
2023 · cited by 3
Paper [10] notes isotopic peaks from atmospheric nuclear weapons tests occurring continuously through the late 1950s, including 1957 and leading into the 1960s.
Long-range transport of radiocaesium derived from global fallout and the Fukushima accident in the Pacific Ocean since 1953 through 2017-Part I: Source term and surface transport.
2018 · cited by 2
Paper [11] explicitly highlights that global fallout from nuclear weapons testing occurred throughout the late 1950s.