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Airburst and altitude, Surface burst, Subsurface burst and depth (dirt, rock, or water)? Different in each case.
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If a nuclear weapon exploded on a nuclear Power Plant would the explosion radius increase?
No, but there would be more release of radioactivity because the reactor itself would probably be melted in the explosion.
What is the blast radius of a nuclear weapon?
That depends on what you're referring to: The fireball radius (the nuclear explosion itself), the total anhiliation range radius, and etc. For example, the bomb launched on Hiroshima had a fireball of several hundred feet in radius, a 1km total destruction range radius, and severe damage for miles. For firepower bombs (nuclear bombs made for power show & not effectiveness) The Tsar bomba of USSR had 50~55 megatons of TNT firepower, a fireball with 1km+ radius, total destruction for miles, and created a sound shockwave that could be heard in Norway/Other far Northern European areas. Modern nuclear weapons don't have a single blast radius; the U.S. developed M.I.R.V.s (cluster nuclear bombs) that spread apart to create a shotgun blast of multiple nuclear explosions.
What is the potential radius of current nuclear weapons?
Whichever radius you are referring to depends on yield.
What is the blast radius of the largest nuclear weapon?
35km
How far can nuclear fallout travel?
There are several factors affecting the radius of nuclear fallout.- The size of the explosion will effect the distance.- Weather can affect it such as wind speed.- The largest nuclear fallout was the Chernobyl Explosion in Ukraine in 1986.The following is from wikipedia,'The plume drifted over large parts of the western Soviet Union, and much of Europe. As of December 2000, 350,400 people had been evacuated and resettled from the most severely contaminated areas of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. According to official post-Soviet data, up to 70% of the fallout landed in Belarus. '
If a nuclear weapon exploded on a nuclear Power Plant would the explosion radius increase?
No, but there would be more release of radioactivity because the reactor itself would probably be melted in the explosion.
Who died in chenobyl?
Chernobyl*? Everyone within a good several-radius of the explosion, including plant and animal life. Nuclear radiation tends to kill living things.
What the effect of a nuclear explosion?
Radiation taints the ground, everyone in the blast radius of the initial explosion would be decimated. Look at Hiroshima, Japan, or Nagasaki, Japan (not sure on spelling), they were bombed by an atomic bomb, and still have radiation poisoned in the ground.
What is the blast radius of a nuclear weapon?
That depends on what you're referring to: The fireball radius (the nuclear explosion itself), the total anhiliation range radius, and etc. For example, the bomb launched on Hiroshima had a fireball of several hundred feet in radius, a 1km total destruction range radius, and severe damage for miles. For firepower bombs (nuclear bombs made for power show & not effectiveness) The Tsar bomba of USSR had 50~55 megatons of TNT firepower, a fireball with 1km+ radius, total destruction for miles, and created a sound shockwave that could be heard in Norway/Other far Northern European areas. Modern nuclear weapons don't have a single blast radius; the U.S. developed M.I.R.V.s (cluster nuclear bombs) that spread apart to create a shotgun blast of multiple nuclear explosions.
How does water cool down nuclear atoms from exploding?
Water is used in nuclear REACTORS both as the heat energy carrier and as a coolant to prevent overheating. Proper cooling is required or the reactor will overheat, causing a meltdown. This is not the same as a nuclear explosion since all that will happen is the extreme heat will melt or destroy the reactor or its containment, but due to the design of reactors it is impossible to have a nuclear explosion similar to nuclear weaponry in a reactor. A notable reactor meltdown was Chernobyl where the nuclear reaction was allowed to generate too much excess heat and the heat caused melting of reactor components and eventually a steam explosion (water vapour explosion) due to overheating. The main concern for a reactor meltdown is not the immediate destruction of everything in a certain radius but the spraying of highly radioactive materials found only in a reactor over a large radius since this radioactive waste cannot be cleaned effectively and will render the surroundings uninhabitable for decades.
How big was the area destroyed by the nuke in hiroshima?
There are three forms of damage caused by a nuclear detonation:BlastFireRadiationOf the three, blast and fire are typically the most devastating over the largest area. Radiation, however, is the longest lasting and depends on the nuclear components of the device.Typically, destructive distance is referred to as the blast radius. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Little Boy (the benchmark for most of what we know), had a blast radius of one mile. That is that the wave from the detonation of the device at about 500 meters altitude spread out at about the speed of sound for one mile from ground zero (a two mile diameter). The blast radius is directly related to the yield of the device. Little boy being relatively small, about 40 kt (kiloton). The average yield at the height of the Cold War was about five mt (megaton). This yield device, with a surface burst detonation (the least destructive--compared to subsurface or airburst) produces a blast radius of about 20 miles.In addition to the blast radius is the area of firestorm and high level radiation which is roughly twice that of the blast radius.There are a number of nuclear blast emulators available on line. One is linked below.Little Boy was about 15 kilotons, not 40 kilotons. Fat Man was a little more than 20 kiloton.
How does the nuclear radius vary with atomic mass number?
The nuclear radius R is related to the mass number A as follows:R=RoA1/3,where Ro =constant=(1.2 to 1.7) x 10 -15Thus nuclear radius varies as A1/3
What is the potential radius of current nuclear weapons?
Whichever radius you are referring to depends on yield.
What is the blast radius of the largest nuclear weapon?
35km
What accounts for the fact that the radius of f is smaller than the radius of li?
Increasing positive nuclear charge
How is cuclear energy formed?
Through a complex series of crossbreeding, bioengineering, and reseeding a cucumber can be imbued with nuclear power when it reaches its critical mass of 50 kilos. At this point the thermonuclear device will detonate devastating areas in wide radius from the point of explosion.
What are the five top radius of nuclear bombs?
I don't know what radius you want, but whichever one it depends on yield.
