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Example Scenarios

This section explores several hypothetical scenarios of nuclear-weapon detonations on U.S. cities. These scenarios are meant to illustrate the possibilities of such events. Scenarios include a "what-if" scenario of a 150-kiloton nuclear explosion by terrorists on New York City, and the effects of a nuclear accident or "broken arrow" on board a nuclear submarine in San Francisco Bay....

Keywords:: Nuclear Weapons Effects, Technology, Atomic Bomb, Science -- Physics, History/Policy/Law, Nuclear Physics, NSDL, Nuclear Arms Race, Physics, Nuclear Nonproliferation

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Science and Technology / Chemistry

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Material Type:: Assignment
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 11, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: December 3, 2021
Author:: Christopher Griffith
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

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Language:: English
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