I am talking about a standard 1 megaton bomb. What is the half life of contamination at the site of a detonation?
2007-03-12 05:34:27 · 8 answers · asked by Spectral_one 2 in Environment
About 25 Years
2007-03-12 05:37:11 · answer #1 · answered by J. Charles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define dangerous. People re-inhabited Hiroshima within hours of the nuclear detonation.
2007-03-13 09:59:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A long time. The area would be covered by a new layer of ground before the radiation wears away. You wouldn't be alive by then. You should probably figure out how long it takes to cover the ground with a 200 foot layer of earth. Hope it helps.
2007-03-12 05:38:14 · answer #3 · answered by Nick 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
everything depends on the base neutron used as a energy source for the bomb. whatever the half life of the neutron is is a rough estimate of the number of years before human life can exist without major gene modification.
2007-03-12 05:38:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
about 12 years !
2007-03-12 05:36:58 · answer #5 · answered by Tez 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is the legacy of Chernobyl after twenty years and that was an accident at a power plant http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=53809
2007-03-12 06:01:50 · answer #6 · answered by Shynney 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
come on now. not in your life time. but then again I do not here talk about the half-life of the radiation emitted by the Empire state building
2007-03-12 05:38:48 · answer #7 · answered by RayM 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People born in hiroshima and nagasaki are still complaining of birth defects and cancer.
2007-03-12 05:41:04 · answer #8 · answered by helplessromatic2000 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋