On April 26, 1986, the #4 nuclear reactor at the Russian Chernobyl Nuclear Station exploded during a routine test. The radioactive iodine released from the explosion rose into the air and spread across thousands
The spatial distribution of vegetation species is compared to the location of the underground nuclear explosion. We find a difference in species abundance within a 130 m radius of the center of the test site.Brian J. RedmanJohn D. van der Laan...
We discuss an approximate analytical model for the hydrodynamic evolution of the shock front produced by a spherically symmetric explosion in a homogeneous medium. The model assumes a particular relation between the energy of the explosion, the density of the medium into which the shock wave is exp...
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if it's a ground burst explosion, which it would be, higher than the ninth floor. So you have to be tenth floor or higher, or in the basement. But basically, you've got to get out of town as quickly as possible. And if you do that, you actually can survive a nuclear bl...
The entire map should shake, shockwave should be felt through the entire map. But damage should only be felt within a radius just slightly larger than the redeemer explosion. Explosion should rise high into the sky but not that far out horizontally. Start with a big blinding orb of fire...
An explosion that is farther above the Earth's surface than the radius of the fireball does not dig a crater and produces negligible immediate fallout. For the most part, blast kills people by in- direct means rather than by direct pressure. While a human body can withstand up to 30 ...
However radioxenon released by medical isotope production facilities produces high backgrounds that complicate its use for nuclear explosion detection. Specifically, recovery of 99Mo for medical applications from short-cooled irradiated 235U targets results in the release of some radioxenon. In March 2015...
The explosion at Unit 4 and initial containment efforts 1 of 3 helicopter inspection of the Chernobyl nuclear power stationHelicopter inspection of the Chernobyl nuclear power station, Ukraine, U.S.S.R., April 26, 1986.(more) 2 of 3 destroyed reactor Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power st...
A nuclear explosion that occurs on the ground creates a smaller shock wave than an airburst, but also sends a mushroom cloud of radioactive material into the air, where it is carried for miles by the wind.Fireball: Whether the nuke is detonated in the air or on the ground, the initial...