enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Effects of nuclear explosions - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_nuclear_explosions

    Intense thermal radiation at the hypocenter forms a nuclear fireball which, if the explosion is low enough in altitude, is often associated with a mushroom cloud. In a high-altitude burst where the density of the atmosphere is low, more energy is released as ionizing gamma radiation and X-rays than as an atmosphere-displacing shockwave.

  3. Nuclear fallout effects on an ecosystem - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fallout_effects_on...

    Coniferous trees, which are plentiful in the surrounding landscape, were heavily affected due to their biological sensitivity to radiation exposure. Within days of the initial explosion many pine trees in a 4 km radius died, with lessening yet still harmful effects being observed up to 120 km away. [9]

  4. Effects of nuclear explosions on human health - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_nuclear...

    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 ...

  5. Environmental impact of nuclear power - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of...

    It is sometimes cited that coal plants release 100 times the radioactivity of nuclear plants. This comes from NCRP Reports No. 92 and No. 95, which estimate the dose to the population from 1000 MWe coal and nuclear plants at 4.9 man-Sv/year and 0.048 man-Sv/year, respectively (a typical Chest x-ray gives a dose of about 0.06 mSv, for comparison ...

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

    www.aol.com/article/news/2018/02/01/if-a-nuclear...

    A government safety expert says its entirely possible to survive a nuclear explosion and its aftereffects. ... though thermal radiation can last several seconds and inflict severe burns miles from ...

  7. Effects of the Chernobyl disaster - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_the_Chernobyl...

    The effects of ionizing radiation on plants and trees in particular depends on factors that include climatic conditions, the mechanism of radiation deposition, and the soil type. Altitude, soil disturbance, and biological activity are also factors that influence the amount of radioisotopes in soil. [ 34 ]

  8. Radiation effects from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_effects_from_the...

    The radiation effects from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster are the observed and predicted effects as a result of the release of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daiichii Nuclear Power Plant following the 2011 Tōhoku 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami (Great East Japan Earthquake and the resultant tsunami).

  9. Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation...

    Following the 2011 Japanese Fukushima nuclear disaster, authorities shut down the nation's 54 nuclear power plants. The Fukushima site remains radioactive, with some 30,000 evacuees still living in temporary housing, although nobody has died or is expected to die from radiation effects. [1]