Ten Facts I Bet You Didn't Know About Nuclear Weapons
- The first nuclear weapon exploded on July 16 1945 in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
- One nuclear bomb explosion is equal to about seventeen thousand tons of normal TNT.
- Nuclear weapons get there energy from the fission the nuclei of uranium or plutonium atoms.
- There have been over two thousand nuclear explosions worldwide raising background radiation and contributing to air and water contamination.
- Building of nuclear weapons started when scientist split uranium atoms using neutrons. The scientists observed that the atoms gave off high amounts of energy.
- Nuclear radiation usually plagues the site where nuclear weapons were detonated. People that live near these sites will usually die due to the radiation. People that live in Nagasaki, Japan today still have a chance to become sick because of the radiation from the United States nuclear attack sixty two years ago.
- The destructive power of nuclear weapons is so great that it will knock down buildings up to twelve miles away from the site point of impact.
- Now there are many nuclear weapons treaties in place so nuclear war will not start.
- America and Russia are the two countries with the most nuclear weapons and the most nuclear launch sites.
- There are American laws in place that state America will not fire a nuclear weapon unless directly attacked by a country with nuclear weapons or attacked by allies of a country which has nuclear weapons.
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Post a CommentAnswer to Question #3645 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"
Category: Radiation Effects — Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field:
QAre there any current health concerns for people if they were to move and live in Hiroshima/Nagasaki for an extended period of time?
ALiterally millions of people have lived in and around Hiroshima and Nagasaki since the 1945 bombings. No adverse effects from the radiation have been identified, except in those who were present at the time of the bombings. There is no reason for concern about moving to or living in these areas now or in the future.
S. Julian, DDS, PhD