The effects of a nuclear explosion on its immediate vicinity are typically much more destructive and multifaceted than those caused by conventional explosives...

actions of the individual.[citation needed] Some scientists estimate that if there were a nuclear war resulting in 100 Hiroshima-size nuclear explosions on...

blast radius. Nuclear explosions can also have detrimental effects on the climate, lasting from months to years. A small-scale nuclear war could release...

nuclear war with 100 Hiroshima-size nuclear explosions on cities could cost the lives of tens of millions of people from long-term climatic effects alone...

and investigation of the effects of nuclear explosions. The programme was suggested by Munir Ahmad Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission...

Estimating the yields of nuclear explosions. chapter 7. Seismic verification of nuclear testing treaties. "Chapter 3 Effects of Nuclear Explosions, Section I –...

justification, nuclear explosions are the cause of the modeled firestorm effects. The only phenomenon that is modeled by computer in the nuclear winter papers...

facilities. Underwater explosions differ from in-air explosions due to the properties of water: Mass and incompressibility (all explosions) – water has a much...

Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion. Nuclear testing...

preceding Project 58/58A. The operation consisted of 29 explosions, of which only two did not produce any nuclear yield. Twenty-one laboratories and government...

High-altitude nuclear explosions are the result of nuclear weapons testing within the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere and in outer space. Several...

Peaceful nuclear explosions (PNEs) are nuclear explosions conducted for non-military purposes. Proposed uses include excavation for the building of canals...

following is a list of such events with yields of more than 1000 pounds. Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions List of nuclear weapons tests Defense...

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purposes of studying the Van Allen radiation belts and the effects of nuclear explosions upon these belts (and the Earth's magnetosphere in general)...

extremely large explosions, accidental and intentional, caused by modern high explosives, boiling liquid expanding vapour explosions (BLEVEs), older explosives...

"Chapter 3 Effects of Nuclear Explosions Section I – General". Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2015. "Nuclear Events...

"Possibilities for peaceful nuclear explosions. An IAEA review of the 1968 book: The constructive uses of nuclear explosions by Edward Teller" (PDF). Archived...

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a multilateral treaty to ban nuclear weapons test explosions and any other nuclear explosions, for both civilian...

Soviet Union in the last few days. The purpose of the test was to examine the effects of nuclear explosion. Valuable results have been obtained that will...

depending on the height of detonation, is a large quantity of radioactive dust and sand with a short half-life. All nuclear explosions produce fission products...

nuclear bunker buster, also known as an earth-penetrating weapon (EPW), is the nuclear equivalent of the conventional bunker buster. The non-nuclear component...

Director-General of the BBC, to the Japanese Embassy.[clarification needed] Effects of nuclear explosions Effects of nuclear explosions on human health...

Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia which has a U.S. military base. Few prevailing winds cross the Equator and effects of nuclear explosions in the Northern...

Javascript simulation of the effects of a nuclear explosion in a city British RAF manual on the effects of nuclear explosions dated 1955 20 Mishaps That...

A fizzle occurs when the detonation of a device for creating a nuclear explosion (such as a nuclear weapon) grossly fails to meet its expected yield....

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and NASA into the viability of a nuclear pulse spaceship that would be directly propelled by a series of atomic explosions behind the craft. Following...

A nuclear electromagnetic pulse (nuclear EMP or NEMP) is a burst of electromagnetic radiation created by a nuclear explosion. The resulting rapidly varying...

A. C. (1988). "Environmental effects of underground nuclear explosions". In Goldblat, Jozef; Cox, David (eds.). Nuclear Weapon Tests: Prohibition Or Limitation...