• Question: What would happen if a nuke was to blow???

    Asked by to Aled, Ellie, Fiona, Kev, Willem on 19 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Aled Roberts answered on 19 Mar 2014:

      Hey mandeep101!

      Nuclear bombs are very dangerous things indeed! When one of them blows up it creates a massive area of death and destruction! There are four things associated with a nuclear bomb blast!

      1) The blast – There are two schlock waves… one of pressure and one of “wind”. The first would hit buildings at about 180 mph and cause massive structural damage! The next hits at about 500 mph which wipes it out!

      2) Radition – Nuclear bombs work using radioactive material which lingers around the detonation site and can be deadly to our own cells – resulting in various cancers!

      3) Heat – The heat radiation generated by a nuclear bomb is staggering! If you were stood 7 miles away you would get first degree burns (sun burn)… If you were 6 miles away you’d get second degree burns… and if you were 5 miles away you would get third degree burns! CRAZY!

      4) Fallout – Finally you get fall out… this is from the mushroom shaped cloud where radioactive material goes high into the atmosphere and then is carried by winds long distances before it comes back down! This means radioactive materials could end up in drinking water etc…!

      All in all it is very bad! There are lots of videos of the explosions on youtube! Well worth a look!

      Hope that helps! Don’t forget to vote 🙂

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