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Ecological consequences of 750-gigaton natural nuke [closed]
A monazite sand placer deposit rich in thorium dioxide is slowly crushed into a sedimentary rock by plate tectonics. Water in it acts as a neutron moderator which ensures the ore formation doesn't ...
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How close can I get to a nuclear explosion with extreme shielding?
Imagine you are in empty space, and a 15 megaton nuclear bomb is very close to you (D=200 meters), but what's also very close to you is a giant (Tungsten?) cylinder (2? meters in diameter, 100? meters ...
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How to explore a radioactive wasteland with mostly low tech equipment? [closed]
I'm writing a story based on people trapped in a city which has had multiple nuclear bombs set off in it, and so has some very irradiated reason. The people in it have slightly more advanced than ...
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Ways of detection of radiation wastelands/spots in a technology free world?
BACKSTORY: So in my story there was a type of nuclear winter that forced surviving humans to live underground until the world above became breathable again. By now the world than once was (our world) ...
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Can workers in a radioactive environment use wireless radios to communicate?
My characters are entering a warehouse wearing radiation suits to protect from radiated materials. Can they communicate with each other via radio? No aliens. Humans in a real scenario on earth dealing ...
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How would nuclear fallout affect the oceans?
I'm trying to build a setting in which humankind would have no other choice than to live underwater to survive.
Suppose there was a nuclear war in which a huge part of the human population died, and ...
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Neutron bomb vs Nuclear Thermal Rocket (NTR)
A spaceship like this is traveling in the space:
Let's say, that its 100 meters long. Its crew module have 5 cm of lead shielding, the 80 m long propellant tank is full of liquid hydrogen, and at the ...
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Could a nuclear war cause the majority of Earth to be uninhabitable for hundreds or thousands of years?
I understand that nuclear bombs don't have lasting radiation effects on the area that they're dropped. Examples of this are Nagasaki and Hiroshima, where less than a century after an atomic bomb was ...
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