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Nuclear engineer breaks down nuclear explosion scale

A nuclear engineer examines how visual effects artists interpret the size and power of nuclear explosions. The reaction compares cinematic portrayals with real-world physics, explaining what’s ...
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This nuclear war simulation shows which states would be hit hardest in hypothetical WW3 scenario

Discussions about nuclear war often remain distant for many Americans, though past research attempted to calculate what such a disaster might mean across the United States. During the closing years of ...
Business Insider

This nuclear-explosion simulator shows where radioactive fallout would blow using today's weather

Imagine a 150-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded in the city closest to you. Do you know how the city, its surrounding region, and its inhabitants would be affected? If you can't think of much more than "a ...
AOL

Chilling doomsday nuclear map reveals how fast US citizens would die from explosion

Map shows potential nuclear fallout risk across North America in the event of a nuclear attack (Image: Under the Nuclear Cloud) A chilling map simulation created by top scientists reveals how ...
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Joint Base Charleston to be home to new, state-of-the-art nuclear simulator

NORTH CHARLESTON — It's the nightmare no one in the military wants to imagine: a crisis aboard a nuclear-powered submarine or vessel. If that does ever happen, it’s likely that the military men and ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Supersonic airliners, ozone, and wildfire smoke: Origins of the nuclear winter theory

When atmospheric chemists Paul Crutzen and John Birks added smoke into their computer models of nuclear war scenarios, they ...