Choose a bomb and experience the power of a nuclear blast in your area. The software uses declassified equations and models about nuclear weapons and their effects fireball size, airblast radius, radiation zones. A deeper causeeffect analysis of the current and lence are used as. Volume 1 repositorium uminho universidade do minho. Clicking anywhere on the map will move the location of detonation to that point. On 15 july 1961, the 341st was reactivated, and a year later, in late july 1962, the first lgm30a minuteman i arrived and was placed at the alpha9 launch facility. The guide includes information on the school reception centers, general.
The total destruction blast radius of the bomb was a full 35 km 22 miles and every building in a small abandoned village 55 km 34 miles away was also leveled. That bomb blast radius is really cool, but is it accurate. A thermonuclear bomb, nuclear device parts and u235 target rings and a radar. Nuclear weapons the splitting of the atom has changed everything save our mode of thinking and thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe albert einstein. What is the blast radius of the worlds most powerful bomb. Updated nuclear fallout and first strike maps for usa. A blast radius is often associated with bombs, mines, explosive projectiles propelled grenades, and other weapons with an explosive charge for instance, a 2000 pound mk84 bomb has a blast radius of 400 yards 365 metres of late, the term is being used for impact analysis in technology parlance. By creating this map mashup, alex wanted to show people what a nuke could do to our cities and.
Most downloaded atomic data and nuclear data tables articles. If they drop on top of each other then the radius will be that of a 250kg bomb, in practice, they wont and youll get some overlap, so it is possible to carpet bomb with overlapping radii. Clicking the detonate button will produce ringed circles around the city on a map, showing the radius of things like the fireball, air blast and thermal radiation produced by the bomb. The following video is original footage of the detonation. As such, there is a sharper distinction, relative to thermal effects, between areas of high lethality and areas with minimal radiation doses. Onetenth of the combined yield of all nuclear tests to date. Andrew cuomo announced that he wants to see the indian point nuclear power plant, located 38 miles from new york city, shut down. This nuclear bomb map shows what would happen if one. The nuclear magnetic resonance and infrared spectra of the black water dom.
The initial radiation is produced in the first minute following detonation. The real reason the soviets downgrades the yield, by replacing a number of the u238 elements with inert led, was to reduce fallout from the test as itd be falling over friendly territory. A 10t detonation has a lethal radius of under 14 mile. In a half mile radius, all people would likely be killed. The blast radius for a weapon of that size in miles, but again, it depends on the fusing. Hydesim maps overpressure radii generated by a groundlevel detonation. The indian point nuclear power plants are owned by entergy and located in buchanan. The russian tsar bomba was the most powerful nuclear weapon detonation in the history of mankind. Nukemap by alex wellerstein the nuclear secrecy blog. How far away would you need to be to survive a nuclear blast. What happens to the mass number and the atomic number of an element when it undergoes alpha decay. Im seriously considering moving back to buffalo and the threat of a possible terrorist attack here in this area is very high. But if you decide to customize your bomb, you will be able to choose its physical blast force, customize ionizing radiation rings, change the amount of thermal energy the bomb produces and much more.
Pdf table of experimental nuclear ground state charge. Note, too, that the costs per unit listed are fantasy. Damage zones, radiation zones and likely rescue activities after a nuclear detonation. Im wondering if a nuclear warhead were to explode in downtown d.
Andrew cuomo announced that he wants to see the indian point nuclear power plant, located 38 miles from new york. A blast radius is the distance from the source that will be affected when an explosion occurs. Major indian armed forces headquarters, drdo and dpsu headquarters. No, a full up tsar device would have been no where close to causing an extinction level event. Citescore values are based on citation counts in a given year e.
Most downloaded atomic data and nuclear data tables. The 10th sms accepted its final flight on 28 february 1963. The effects of a 300 kiloton nuclear warhead detonated. Nuclear weapon effects calculator also from the fas. The effects of the damage from the blast, thermal radiation, prompt radiation, and the subsequent radioactive fallout have been calculated, based on a detonation in washington, d. Jun 27, 2016 the result is a map game which allows you to nuke any location on earth. For instance, a 2000 pound mk84 bomb has a blast radius of 400 yards 365 metres. Jun 11, 2017 this mod adds 4 new craftable items to the game. Not hardly the 341st missile wing was the first united states air force lgm30 minuteman icbm wing. I live in silver spring maryland which is about 3 minutes away from washington d. Oct 31, 2001 nuclear blast mapper pbsamerican experience posted on 10312001 10. Nov 03, 2008 the blast radius for a weapon of that size in miles, but again, it depends on the fusing.
This form will calculate blast effects for nuclear weapons of arbitrary yield, based on the scaling laws printed in carey sublettes wellknown nuclear weapons faq. Today, we can see the impact of fat man on nagasaki even today, and we can hardly imagine what the impact of the tsar bomba would be. Since neutrons are scattered and absorbed by air, neutron radiation effects drop off rapidly with distance in air. Mar 28, 2012 10kiloton nuclear blast would maim, not destroy, washington, dc. Neutron bombs are purposely designed with explosive yields lower than other nuclear weapons. It is thus a comprehensive reference manual, an annual barometer of matters. It had a yield of 50 megatons originally it had a yield of 100 megatons but the soviets decided this level of power would create too much radioactive fallout and might literally crack the p. Although these bombs are common things in movies, sometimes we do forget that nuclear bombs are a real thing. Choose a city new york again is absent and a bomb yield. It uses a custom script that allows it to destroy everything within a large radius, without causing much lag or other performance related issues.
At the conventional effective combat range against modern main battle tanks and armored personnel carriers blast radius is the distance from the source that will be affected when an explosion occurs. Synergistic effect of aspergillus niger and trichoderma reesei enzyme sets on the. Jul 04, 2007 i live in silver spring maryland which is about 3 minutes away from washington d. What is the blast radius of a modern nuclear warhead. An update article pdf available in atomic data and nuclear data tables 991. The nature of the blast 3000 times more powerful than the hiroshima atom bomb offered an indication of the tsar bombas true. What is the blast radius of a 100 megaton atomic bomb. What happens to the mass number and the atomic number of an element when it undergoes beta decay. When a nuclear weapon explodes, in about a millionth of a second a temperature of up to eighteen million degrees fahrenheit, comparable to that inside the sun, is. An air blast would increase the blast radius, while a burrowing weapon would reduce the radius considerably. What a nuclear bomb falling on houston and other cities would.
The effects of a 300 kiloton nuclear warhead detonated above. A new jerseybased historian and former programmer has created two websites to help show users the range and potential damage from the. Effect of the mobile and stationary phases on rphplc retention and selectivity of flavonoid. Nukemap was actually created to raise awareness about nuclear bombs. The blast from fissiondriven atomic bombs, like those dropped over nagasaki, japan, and hiroshima, japan, during world war ii, could kill everyone in a onemile radius, edward morse, a nuclear.
Figure a contact detonation of a 30 mt warhead would have a blast radius complete destruction of around 5 miles, and the outer edges of the blast. A 496 mg b 560 mg c 219 mg d 405 mg e 337 mg 25the basis for the carbon14 dating method is that. Under a majority of weather conditions, there would be a mass fire ignited to a distance of just over 4. Click on the above link for an interactive site that maps the blast damage and fallout patterns from a hypothetical nuclear blast in the city of your choice. The primary weapons effects are due to blast and fragmentation.
It was a soviet nuclear bomb that was the size of a car. Meanwhile, if we target new york city with a tsar bomba, the largest weapon ever designed by the ussr and carrying a 100megaton payload, we get a fireball nearly four miles in diameter. The tsar bomba detonated 2 miles above the ground, north of the arctic circle on october 30, 1961. Nukemap is a mapping mashup that calculates the effects of the detonation of a nuclear bomb. Find out if you live within the 10mile radius of indian point, known as the emergency planning zone. Nuclear blast radius map for residents of milwaukee. Milestone, reactions in cement encapsulated nuclear wastes. Square the distance of the blast and multiply it by pi 3. The 300kt detonation would create a mass fire with a radius of 3. Largest thermonuclear weapon ever detonated original footage. Jul 24, 20 to say that the explosion absolutely decimated the area immediately surrounding it is an understatement. This tool is to give an idea of the devastating blast effects of groundlevel, shallow subsurface, and lowaltitude nuclear weapon detonations.
What a nuclear bomb falling on houston and other cities would look like. Mar 11, 2012 the mk82 iron bombs have an effective casualty radius of about 60 meters according to the chart attached. It employs pictures, eyewitness accounts, and analysis of the physics. Nuclear blast radius map for residents of milwaukee, wisconsin, published in your civil defense manual a handbook on personal survival 1956. Year first range warheads type designation deployed deployed kmb x yield warheads strategic forces bombersc b52hd stratofortress 9456 1961 16 000 alcm 5150 kte 400 acm 5150 ktf 400 b2g spirit 2116 1994 11 000 bombsh 950 subtotal 11572 1 750. It shows that dropping a bomb of the same size as the one the us used on hiroshima in 1945 a relatively diddly 15kt would probably kill. Blast effects nukefix, to fix the nuclear weapons problem. Table of experimental nuclear ground state charge radii. Aug 08, 2017 clicking the detonate button will produce ringed circles around the city on a map, showing the radius of things like the fireball, air blast and thermal radiation produced by the bomb. May 18, 20 a 10t detonation has a lethal radius of under 14 mile. One thing to keep in mind is that they arent dropped singly, but in pairs, or multiples depending upon the mission, thus the area covered will be overlapping blast circles. While very powerful, the 10 gigaton doesnt seem to be a particularly innovative design as i imagine its just a case of surrounding a fission primary with perhaps 4 or 5 large secondary stages and chaining even larger tertiary stages onto the ends of those until the yield is 10 gigatons, building this onto some type of ship, sailing it into a citys port and detonating it. The radius of a nuclear fireball is dependant on its explosive yield.
What would happen if a nuclear bomb went off in your backyard. Approximately 35 percent of the energy from a nuclear explosion is an intense burst of thermal radiation, i. Blast overpressure that characterizes the sd zone is 58 psi and greater. They come in a variety of sizes and weights ranging from 500 pounds for mk82 pronounced mark, pounds for the mk83, and. The effects of a 300 kiloton nuclear warhead detonated above washington, d. Hospital response to a 10kiloton nuclear detonation by craig deatley tue, september 25, 2012 for many years, federal, state, and local authorities throughout the united states have planned and trained for the notional possibility of a 10kiloton improvised nuclear device being detonated within a major metropolitan area. Many of the peakpressure criteria are based on results from nuclear explosions, for which the blast waves had very long durations. Nuclear blast mapper pbsamerican experience posted on 10312001 10. Thermal effects are mainly due to originated heat from blast which expands with wind velocity and incinerates everything within expansion radius. No other effects, such as thermal damage or fallout levels, are included in this tool. A large 5 megaton warhead like what the chinese have in their icbms would have a fireball radius of around 2.
If you do, there is information you should know about, including the latest emergency guide. This web page will illustrate the effects of nuclear weapons, whether used singularly or in groups. Nov 19, 2005 the 300kt detonation would create a mass fire with a radius of 3. Hospital response to a 10kiloton nuclear detonation. The thermal radiation from a nuclear explosion can directly ignite kindling materials. Sps military yearbook 20172018 by sp guide publications pvt ltd. This fun map allows you to see what a nuclear detonation would do. The result is a map game which allows you to nuke any location on earth. Russians of that era didnt have so many nuclear bombs, so they designed this one to show to usa. Nuclear blast radius calculator made on 12202014 written in javascript. Quick question on bombs and their damage radius reddit. A blast radius is often associated with bombs, mines, explosive projectiles propelled grenades, and other weapons with an explosive charge. The mk82 iron bombs have an effective casualty radius of about 60 meters according to the chart attached.
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