Nuclear explosions

CHARACTERISnCS OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS

INTRODUCTION the ground, however, the term "shock" 1.01 An explosion, in general, reis used, because the effect is like that of suIts from the very rapid release of a a sudden impact. large amount of energy within a limited 1.02 Nuclear weapons are similar to space. This is true for a conventional those of more conventional types insofar "high explosive," such as TNT, as well as their destructi...

From nuclear multifragmentation reactions to supernova explosions

In this talk I discuss properties of hot stellar matter at sub-nuclear densities which is formed in supernova explosions. I emphasize that thermodynamic conditions there are rather similar to those created in the laboratory by intermediate-energy heavy-ion collisions. Theoretical methods developed for the description of multi-fragment final states in such reactions can be used also for descript...

Delayed signatures of underground nuclear explosions.

Radionuclide signals from underground nuclear explosions (UNEs) are strongly influenced by the surrounding hydrogeologic regime. One effect of containment is delay of detonation-produced radioxenon reaching the surface as well as lengthening of its period of detectability compared to uncontained explosions. Using a field-scale tracer experiment, we evaluate important transport properties of a f...

Sfort-pbriod Propagation Op Inprasonic Waves Prom Nuclear Explosions

Genetic risk induced by carbon-14 generated by nuclear explosions.

In an earlier paper by Linus Pauling titled "Genetic and Somatic Effects of Carbon-14" (1), it is established that this by-product of nuclear explosions might induce greater genetic and somatic damage than previously assumed. Furthermore, Pauling states that the damage produced by carbon-14 that is incorporated into genetic material is responsible for only 10% of the total genetic damage genera...