What Happens When A Nuclear Bomb Explodes?


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Nuclear bombs are weapons of mass destruction, that use power released by the splitting of atomic nuclei

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There are different types and sizes of nuclear weapons, but modern bombs start by triggering a fission reaction

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The resulting fission explosion creates a large fireball with temperatures that match the heat of the center of the sun

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When everything inside of the fireball vaporizes, including soil and water, it is carried upwards, creating a mushroom cloud

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Radioactive material from the nuclear device mixes with the vaporized material in the mushroom cloud

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After it cools down, the condensed radioactive material falls back to the earth, known as fallout 

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Itr can be carried long distances on wind currents and end up miles from the site of the explosion

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Fallout is radioactive and can cause contamination of anything on which it lands, including food and water supplies

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A nuclear blast would likely cause great destruction, death and cause severe damage to our environment on a scale incomparable to any other weapon

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Nuclear bombs have only ever been used twice. Both of these bombs were detonated during World War II, by the United States against Japan

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