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  2. Effects of nuclear explosions on human health - Wikipedia

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    The medical effects of the atomic bomb upon humans can be put into the four categories below, with the effects of larger thermonuclear weapons producing blast and thermal effects so large that there would be a negligible number of survivors close enough to the center of the blast who would experience prompt/acute radiation effects, which were observed after the 16 kiloton yield Hiroshima bomb ...

  3. Effects of nuclear explosions - Wikipedia

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    The Nuclear War Survival Skills is a public domain text and is an excellent source on how to survive a nuclear attack. Ground Zero: A Javascript simulation of the effects of a nuclear explosion in a city; Oklahoma Geological Survey Nuclear Explosion Catalog lists 2,199 explosions with their date, country, location, yield, etc.

  4. Nuclear fallout - Wikipedia

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    e. Nuclear fallout is residual radioactive material propelled into the upper atmosphere following a nuclear blast, so called because it "falls out" of the sky after the explosion and the shock wave has passed. [1] It commonly refers to the radioactive dust and ash created when a nuclear weapon explodes.

  5. If a nuclear weapon is about to explode, here's what a safety ...

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    Nuclear bombs are extremely deadly weapons, but their worst effects are confined to a limited zone. A government safety expert says its entirely possible to survive a nuclear explosion and its ...

  6. Nuclear electromagnetic pulse - Wikipedia

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    A nuclear electromagnetic pulse (nuclear EMP or NEMP) is a burst of electromagnetic radiation created by a nuclear explosion. The resulting rapidly varying electric and magnetic fields may couple with electrical and electronic systems to produce damaging current and voltage surges. The specific characteristics of a particular nuclear EMP event ...

  7. If a nuclear bomb goes off, this is the most important thing ...

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    If a nuclear bomb goes off, this is the most important thing you can do to survive. The Cold War ended in 1991, but the looming threat of nuclear attack lives on with more than 14,900 nuclear ...

  8. Nuclear explosion - Wikipedia

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    A nuclear explosion is an explosion that occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from a high-speed nuclear reaction.The driving reaction may be nuclear fission or nuclear fusion or a multi-stage cascading combination of the two, though to date all fusion-based weapons have used a fission device to initiate fusion, and a pure fusion weapon remains a hypothetical device.

  9. Duck and cover - Wikipedia

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    Duck and cover drill in a sсhool in Brooklyn in 1962. " Duck and cover " is a method of personal protection against the effects of a nuclear explosion. Ducking and covering is useful in offering a degree of protection to personnel located outside the radius of the nuclear fireball but still within sufficient range of the nuclear explosion that ...