what happens to the leftover radiation from the nuclear bombs?

[brodie]

ive done some reasearch on the nuclear bombs you know fom the world wars and what happens to the radiation thats leftover by the bombs does it just wear away after a few years or do we clean it up ourslves?

 

[My2Cents]

ive done some reasearch on the nuclear bombs you know fom the world wars and what happens to the radiation thats leftover by the bombs does it just wear away after a few years or do we clean it up ourslves?

Start by doing some research at your local library or Wikipedia until you understand isotopes, half-life, nuclear radiation types (alpha, beta, and gamma), and decay chains. Shouldn’t take more than a couple hours.:flame

The simple answer is that the vast majority goes away on its own fairly quickly. The mix of radioactive isotopes from a nuclear weapon decays far faster than those produced in the Chernobyl Accident, and the initial inventory is far smaller. Reoccupation of ground zero at Hiroshima and Nagasaki started in less than a year. Bikini Atoll took significantly longer because of the number and size of the detonations, and the fact that many were surface or subsurface detonations, but is now considered ‘safe’.

 

[W82DIE]

Depending on the size of the bomb the radiation should naturally disappear and incidents like Chernobyl are rare (one and only).


Admin. You've been banned for one day because you're posting so fast (aka post whoring) that its not possible to interrupt you in time.
Please read the forum rules before and if you come back in 24 hrs. Post whoring is not acceptable (ie rapid one line posting across a raft of threads just to get your count up)

Introduce yourself first in new members, and pace yourself. You don't need to shotgun your presence on here with multiple responses in such a short time.