Nuclear Radiation and Fallout Effects

If nuclear weapons are used in war sustainable life on this planet will be ended. Nuclear Weapons have only been used a few times in the history of this earth. The few times nuclear weapons were used the amount of damaged they caused was devastating. The first country to use nuclear weapons was the United States during World War II. On August 6, 1945 an atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima killing between 90,000 and 166,000. Then on August 6th, 1945 the second atomic bomb nicknamed “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki killing 60,000 – 80,000 people. These statistics show how devastating nuclear weapons were when they were used and how they can be if they are used again. This paper will examine the Dangerous effects of

Not only would the blast of the bomb have devastating effects on communities, but also the fallout of the bomb would play a vast role in the outright destruction of populations. The fallout, when all of the radiation from the bomb falls on the people, resulted in gruesome health effects. The fallout could cause rashes, severe burns, leukemia, and birth defects for anyone outside, so the answer was thought to be shelter if under nuclear attack. With that being said, the fallout shelter became a huge topic of conversation among Americans.

The blast effect is the outward rush of gases from the bomb’s site of origin.

“A nuclear bomb is defined as ‘an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter.’ “

Bomb shelters were in the case that a nuke was to land you would be safe underground in your shelter, they were stocked with water, food, beds, and mild entertainment. This hysteria was made even worse by the Cuban Missile Crisis when the Soviets put nukes in Cuba that were well within range of the United States, which caused much

The atomic bombing on Hiroshima was very different to the normal previous bombing raids, because the previous bombs were much, much smaller and just started fires of the wooden houses/ buildings and spread through the cities or towns. This was known as the strategic firebombing campaign. The fire bombing campaign was in many cities in Japan. Where the atomic bombing strategy left no chance of survival for the people of Hiroshima and completely destroyed whole cities in seconds.

They release great amounts of energy in the form of blast, heat and radiation. No acceptable humanitarian response is possible. In addition to causing millions of deaths, a nuclear war involving around 100 or so Hiroshima sized weapons would disrupt the global climate and agriculture so much that more than hundreds of millions of people would be at risk of famine.(Arguments for nuclear abolition)

Atomic bombs would leave radiation where they would land. The atomic bombs destroyed entire cities and towns.

The messages portrayed in this document are similar to to the ideas portrayed in the civil defense documents of 1961. According to the plan, the United States Department of defense conducted, “intensive studies in the effects of hypothetical large-scale nuclear attacks against the United States,” and the study concluded, “ tens of millions of people would survive the blast and heat effects of the weapons, but that most of these survivors would be threatened by lethal or disabling fallout radiation.” This statement is meant to create urgency surrounding nuclear attack. The survey started in 1961, and by January of 1967, it had identified fallout shelter space meeting defense Department criteria for 155,000,000 people

Nuclear weapons don’t explode on impact, they detonate in the air hence, mushroom clouds are created. The mushroom cloud is the radioactive particles from the bomb. The obvious answer to fix nuclear weapons is to get rid of them all but we all know that is unlikely. The United States wouldn’t even bare the idea of getting rid of their nuclear capabilities. “The United States may have had 27,519 warheads in 1975, but today that 's down to an estimated 4,480”(Szondy). Neither are some other countries because they are a defense mechanism as well. Nuclear weapons should detonate once upon hitting a surface. Not all radiation can penetrate walls this concept would inflect less damage on the foundation of buildings, but the bomb will still be effective. That would prevent the radioactive particles from being swept across nations or oceans.

An atomic bomb is a bomb whose violent explosive power is due to the sudden release of energy resulting from the splitting of nuclei of a heavy chemical element (as plutonium or uranium) by neutrons in a very rapid chain reaction —called also atom bomb. 2 : a nuclear weapon (as a hydrogen bomb)

While healthy babies are born every day, not everyone is so fortunate. In many cases, diagnostic radiology is required for patients during their childhood. Can having this radiation during the formative years lead to adverse effects later in life? The biggest concern from radiation is the risk of cancer. Cancer can occur at any dose from ionizing radiation because it is a stochastic effect, meaning that it is probabilistic. The probability of a stochastic effect, such as cancer, increases as the dose increases. While receiving this radiation may be necessary, it can cause some serious trouble later in life, such as breast cancer, leukemia, and thyroid cancer.

A bomb that derives its destructive power from rapid release of nuclear energy by fission of heavy atomic nuclei causing damage through heat blast and radioactivity.The atomic bomb was a past of a secret U.S. weapons program called Manhattan project that used explosive force that they would reduce the two target cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki to vast scorched wasteland. In order to stop japan and punish them for bombing Pearl Harbor. Dropped during the summer of 1945, the Hiroshima bomb exploded at a height of 580 meters(1870 ft) for maximum effect the bomb’s explosive force then shot directly down to earth below ground zero spread swiftly out to surrounding hills and then leaned back into the city center witness to the rebounding face 12.5

The effects of radiation can be hazardous to any part of the human body. In this guide I will explain the advantages, and disadvantages of x-ray radiation. I will also discuss the technological advances that we have today then of what we had the past on the human body during radiation exposure. I will explain preventions of exposure and safety precautions that we as dental assistants as well as patients can follow to stay safe.

This developed into a race to see which nation could build the first nuclear weapon. The weapon that the United States manufactured was first used on the Japanese at Hiroshima, and then two days later at Nagasaki. The potential of this weapon was frightening. Under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1970, the Atomic bomb was banned from use by all countries except the United States, Russia, China, France, and United Kingdom because of the global aftereffects of this terrifying weapon. Nuclear warfare produced the most heinous aftereffects of any previous type of warfare (Walker). The blast of a nuclear weapon is powerful. It may cause third degree thermal burns, produces enough pressure to bend heavy steel girders to a 90-degree angle, and turns the entire blast radius into a firestorm. The people who have survived the blast will still experience a lifetime of side effects. Some of these might be genetically linked to future generations. The intensity and brightness of the blast may cause symptoms like keloid formation and retinal blastoma in humans. The sediment, or fallout, from the mushroom-like cloud,produced by the explosion, will be highly radioactive. The nuclear blast and its consequential fallout will affect