The bomb pulse is the sudden increase of carbon-14 (14C) in the Earth's atmosphere due to the hundreds of aboveground nuclear bombs tests that started...
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An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also referred to as a transient electromagnetic disturbance (TED), is a brief burst of electromagnetic energy. The origin...
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Project Orion (nuclear propulsion) (redirect from To Mars By A-Bomb (film))
fusion pellets, in contrast to Project Orion's larger nuclear pulse units (full nuclear bombs). In 1979 General Dynamics donated a 26 inch (56 cm) tall wooden...
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in atmospheric carbon-14 is that this has enabled some options (e.g., bomb-pulse dating) for determining the birth year of an individual, in particular...
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tell the United States to stop the bombing. The incident was deemed a terrorist attack by FBI investigators. Pulse was hosting a "Latin Night," and most...
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Effects of nuclear explosions (redirect from Effects of nuclear bomb)
explosion's flash energy. The thermal pulse also is responsible for warming the atmospheric nitrogen close to the bomb and causing the creation of atmospheric...
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Nuclear holocaust (section Electromagnetic pulse)
A fast increase of global background radiation, peaking in 1963 (the Bomb pulse) urged, among other things states to sign bans on nuclear weapons testing...
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A nuclear electromagnetic pulse (nuclear EMP or NEMP) is a burst of electromagnetic radiation created by a nuclear explosion. The resulting rapidly varying...
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radiation pulse energy which is composed of both gamma rays and neutrons is approximately 5% of the entire energy released; in neutron bombs, it would...
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widespread nuclear weapons testing of the 1950s, peaking in 1963 (the Bomb pulse). Levels reached about 0.15 mSv per year worldwide, or about 7% of average...
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