Biological Effects of Nuclear War I: Impact on Humans.Discusses the effects nuclear war would have on humans. Statement that future consequences cannot be extrapolated from Hiroshima; Casualties in metropolitan areas; Gamma rays and fast neutrons; Direct and indirect effects on the environment.Harwell...
It is intended, in the terms of the Committee's request, to "put what have been abstract measures of strategic power into more comprehensible terms. " The study examines the full range of effects that nuclear war would have on civilians: direct effects from blast and radiation; and indirect...
The radiation release was thirty to forty times that of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II. Hundreds of thousands of people were ultimately evacuated from the most heavily contaminated zone surrounding Chernobyl. Radiation spread to encompass almost all of Europe and Asia Minor;...
Managing and disposing of nuclear waste safely is one of the most critical challenges in the nuclear power industry due to its potentially harmful effects on humans and the environment if not handled properly. The complexity of nuclear waste management is compounded by the fact that some forms of...
The threat posed by the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) within the United States has grown significantly in recent years, focusing attention on the medical and public health disaster capabilities of the nation in a large scale crisis. While the
The concideration of Nuclear war, supplimented by bomb testing, with its detrimental effects on the environment, is morally shameful and politically foolish. Every child knows that in a nuclear war there can be no winners. Deterrence is cited as a reason for deployment, but history has repeate...
£8.00 World Health Organization, ,Effects of Nuclear War on Health and Health Services Report of the International Committee of Experts in Medical Scien... In January 2023, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward to...
Los Angeles, CA: Pacific-Sierra Research Corporation, August 1984.NUCLEAR WEAPON EFFECT RESEARCH AT PSR -Symptomatology of Acute Radiation Effects in Humans ... Baum, S. J,Young, R. W,Anno, G. H,... 被引量: 14发表: 1984年 Nuclear-weapon-effect research at PSR (Pacific-Sierra Research...
U-bomb states could howl the mantra, “Ifyou mess with us, the world disappears,” as an ultimate deterrent. The old question on the consequences of nuclear war is this: are humans capable of dealing with mental health damage after seeing nuclear bomb casualties as they happen? That question...
On Aug. 9, the nearly 11,000-pound (5,000-kilogram) Fat Man bomb made the same journey aboard the Bockscar, a second B-29 piloted by Maj. Charles Sweeney. Its deadly payload exploded over Nagasaki just before noon. Today, the method used in World War II against Japan — gravity bomb...