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VERSION-BOUND SOURCE CLAIMS

Nuclear source-claim evidence docket

Compare exact dataset counts, source-authored aggregates, counting universes, the open Soviet/Vela conflict, and currentness questions without converting the docket into a historical verdict.

Browse claimsOpen the domain guideOpen publication review
REAL-WORLD INTERPRETIVE Editorial synthesis or explanation derived from sources and explicitly open to correction.
Confidence
Source-bounded; substantive review open
Sources
9
Independent corroboration
2
Date range
1945–2017 source corpus with official status refresh through 2026-07-25
Review
All claim records remain open, unassigned, and without specialist disposition

HISTORICAL DATASET CLAIM — SOURCE REVIEW REQUIRED

Claim register — not a verdict

The exact CSV, companion methodology report, and history report remain separate source universes. No row is invented, deleted, merged, or silently relabeled. Public claims omit protected coordinates, design and emplacement details, raw rows, blast or target models, casualty optimization, test planning, and fictional nuclear branches.

Claim records
12
Source instances
9
Unique source origins
4
Open conflicts
8
Currentness reviews
0
Independent corroborations
2
Primary-source refreshes
6
Recorded reviewers
0
Specialist dispositions
0

HISTORICAL DATASET CLAIM — SOURCE REVIEW REQUIRED

NCR-001dataset-derived countNONE_DECLARED

Exact CSV event-row total

The exact supplied CSV contains 2,058 event-level rows; this is a source-bounded count, not 2,058 independently verified devices or tests.

DATASET_COUNT_REPRODUCED_FROM_EXACT_SOURCE · OPEN_UNASSIGNED · 1 source origin(s)

HISTORICAL DATASET CLAIM — SOURCE REVIEW REQUIRED

NCR-002dataset-derived countOPEN_SOURCE_INTERNAL_CONFLICT

Exact CSV Soviet Union row count

The exact supplied CSV contains 715 Soviet Union rows.

DATASET_COUNT_REPRODUCED_FROM_EXACT_SOURCE · OPEN_UNASSIGNED · 1 source origin(s)

HISTORICAL DATASET CLAIM — SOURCE REVIEW REQUIRED

NCR-003source-authored count claimOPEN_SOURCE_INTERNAL_CONFLICT

Companion report Soviet Union row claim

The companion report states 714 Soviet rows; the exact supplied CSV contains 715.

SOURCE_CLAIM_UNVERIFIED · OPEN_UNASSIGNED · 1 source origin(s)

HISTORICAL DATASET CLAIM — SOURCE REVIEW REQUIRED

NCR-004source-internal discrepancyOPEN_SOURCE_INTERNAL_CONFLICT

Vela inclusion claim versus absent CSV row

The companion report says a disputed Vela row was added; the exact supplied CSV contains no 1979-09-22 row.

OPEN_SOURCE_INTERNAL_CONFLICT · OPEN_UNASSIGNED · 2 source origin(s)

HISTORICAL DATASET CLAIM — SOURCE REVIEW REQUIRED

NCR-005source-authored aggregateSCOPE_RECONCILIATION_REQUIRED

Global official-test and device aggregate

The supplied history report states 2,121 official tests and approximately 2,476 devices under its own counting conventions.

SOURCE_CLAIM_UNVERIFIED · OPEN_UNASSIGNED · 1 source origin(s)

HISTORICAL DATASET CLAIM — SOURCE REVIEW REQUIRED

NCR-006source-authored aggregateSCOPE_RECONCILIATION_REQUIRED

Soviet test and device aggregate in history report

The supplied sources use different Soviet totals and counting units: 727 tests / 981 devices in the history report, 715 exact CSV event rows, and 714 stated companion-report rows.

SOURCE_CLAIM_UNVERIFIED · OPEN_UNASSIGNED · 3 source origin(s)

HISTORICAL DATASET CLAIM — SOURCE REVIEW REQUIRED

NCR-007cross-source scope comparisonSCOPE_RECONCILIATION_REQUIRED

United States tests, devices, and event rows

The supplied history report and exact CSV both show 1,032 U.S. test/event rows, while the report separately states 1,132 devices.

PARTIAL_NUMERIC_ALIGNMENT_SCOPE_UNRESOLVED · OPEN_UNASSIGNED · 2 source origin(s)

HISTORICAL DATASET CLAIM — SOURCE REVIEW REQUIRED

NCR-008scope definitionNONE_DECLARED

Tests versus wartime detonations

The supplied dataset treats Hiroshima and Nagasaki as wartime detonations, separate from nuclear tests.

SOURCE_SCOPE_DECLARED_REVIEW_PENDING · OPEN_UNASSIGNED · 2 source origin(s)

HISTORICAL DATASET CLAIM — SOURCE REVIEW REQUIRED

NCR-009dataset-derived countNONE_DECLARED

1962 event-row peak

Within the exact supplied CSV, 1962 has 178 event rows and is the file’s peak year.

DATASET_COUNT_REPRODUCED_FROM_EXACT_SOURCE · OPEN_UNASSIGNED · 1 source origin(s)

HISTORICAL DATASET CLAIM — SOURCE REVIEW REQUIRED

NCR-010counting-method claimNONE_DECLARED

Grouped same-day detonations in South Asia

The supplied methodology uses one event row for grouped same-day detonations and keeps device counts separate.

SOURCE_METHOD_CLAIM_UNVERIFIED · OPEN_UNASSIGNED · 1 source origin(s)

CURRENT PRIMARY-SOURCE STATUS — REVIEWED THROUGH 2026-07-25

NCR-011current institutional state claimNONE_DECLARED_WITHIN_CURRENT_OFFICIAL_SCOPE

CTBTO monitoring-system composition

Current CTBTO material describes the completed IMS design as 321 monitoring stations plus 16 laboratories (337 facilities) and reported 307 certified facilities operating on 6 February 2026. Design capacity, certification, operation, availability, and detection limits remain distinct.

CURRENT_PRIMARY_SOURCE_CONFIRMED_SCOPE_LIMITED · OPEN_UNASSIGNED · 2 source origin(s)

CURRENT PRIMARY-SOURCE STATUS — REVIEWED THROUGH 2026-07-25

NCR-012current historical-boundary claimNONE_DECLARED_WITHIN_CURRENT_OFFICIAL_SCOPE

Most recent confirmed test in supplied history

CTBTO stated on 14 January 2026 that the last confirmed nuclear test occurred on 3 September 2017 at Punggye-ri and that no later nuclear test explosion had been declared or detected by its network through that source date. This negative-evidence statement is date- and capability-bound.

CURRENT_PRIMARY_SOURCE_CONFIRMED_THROUGH_SOURCE_DATE · OPEN_UNASSIGNED · 2 source origin(s)
HISTORICAL DATASET CLAIM — SOURCE REVIEW REQUIRED The provenance of this block requires editorial review.
Confidence
Source-bounded; claim review pending
Sources
1
Independent corroboration
0
Date range
Historical scope through 1998 for cited examples
Review
READY_FOR_CLAIM_SPECIFIC_REVIEW

HISTORICAL DATASET CLAIM — SOURCE REVIEW REQUIRED

NCR-010 · COUNTING-METHOD CLAIM

Grouped same-day detonations in South Asia

The supplied methodology uses one event row for grouped same-day detonations and keeps device counts separate.

Evidence state
SOURCE_METHOD_CLAIM_UNVERIFIED
Discrepancy
NONE_DECLARED
Source instances
1
Unique origins
1
Independent corroboration
0
Currentness cutoff
Historical scope through 1998 for cited examples
Assignment
OPEN_UNASSIGNED
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Source claim

The companion report treats India and Pakistan same-day multiple-device detonations as event-level rows and carries device counts separately where known.

Source headings

  • Executive summary
    Heading-level source link retained in protected project memory.
  • Methodology and completeness
    Heading-level source link retained in protected project memory.
  • Major disputed and uncertain entries
    Heading-level source link retained in protected project memory.

Required for stronger wording

  • A documented cross-country grouping standard.
  • Primary-source review of device counts and event dates.

Prohibited inference

  • Do not compare country row totals without disclosing grouping conventions.

Questions an accountable review must answer

  1. Is the grouping rule applied consistently to all states and operations?
  2. Which device counts are supported by primary official records?
  3. How are disputed yields and unsuccessful or zero-yield claims represented?

Correction and reopening triggers

  • The exact source bytes, source edition, counting universe, denominator, or comparison class changes.
  • Independent primary evidence confirms, narrows, contradicts, or supersedes the source claim.
  • A specialist review records a disposition, limitation, correction requirement, or reopening condition.
  • A public route, learning page, glossary term, path, protected UAI record, manifest, or audit becomes stale.
Authority boundary

Review preparation only; no authentication, specialist approval, legal or scientific adjudication, publication approval, operational authority, production approval, activation authority, or tuning authority.

CLASSIFY

Match the verb to the evidence

Use contains, states, estimates, models, projects, proposes, alleges, or finds according to the actual source and adjudication state.

Open the workbench

CORRECT

Keep versions visible

Bind corrections to stable claim IDs, prior wording, reason, evidence, downstream routes, and reopening conditions.

Read the correction guide

REVIEW

Prepare accountable assignment

Readiness is not assignment. Reviewer identity, scope, independence, evidence access, rationale, and disposition remain empty until actually supplied.

Review packet readiness