Nuclear Weapons Damage Simulation

Nuclear Weapons Damage Simulation Video Clips. Duration : 9.92 Mins.

I found a neat little tool that lets you show the blast radius of nuclear weapons superimposed on a google map at meyerweb.com I did a few simulations, namely of a 100 ton nuclear demolition charge, a 22 kiloton implosion bomb, a 400 kiloton thermonuclear bomb, a 1.6 megaton hydrogen bomb, and the "Queen Mother of Nuclear Weapons", the Tsar Bomba. All of them detonated at the base of the Washington Monument in Washington DC. I also tried to flesh out the results a bit by explaining the damage to various buildings around, and adding video of the respected bombs being tested. I also used for music some Gustav Holtz, namely the Mars and Jupiter symphonies. They just seemed appropriate. I'm sorry about the damned computer voice, I have to microphone, so this is the closest I can get to narration. Tell me what you think.

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Japan Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Explosion Damage - Aerial Views

Japan Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Explosion Damage - Aerial Views Tube. Duration : 1.05 Mins.

GET OUT OF TOKYO: Foreign Office tells all Britons to leave toxic radiation zone as Japanese 'lose control' of stricken reactor *17000 British nationals could be evacuated as last ditch efforts are made to stop nuclear catastrophe *Rich scramble to book private jets out the country as fleeing passengers pack Tokyo airport *French say Japanese have 'visibly lost essential control' as they urge their citizens to get out Plans are being drawn up to evacuate every British national in Japan amid mounting fears of a nuclear catastrophe. Thousands of Britons were last night warned to leave Tokyo and all other areas under threat of radiation poisoning. The advice -- echoed by other countries around the world -- followed a meeting of the Cabinet's emergency Cobra committee to discuss the meltdown-threatened Fukushima nuclear plant. It heightened suspicions that the crisis at the plant -- already ranked the second-worst nuclear disaster after Chernobyl -- is worse than the Japanese authorities have publicly let on. Yesterday 'last-ditch' efforts were continuing at Fukushima to prevent a catastrophe. Last night an official at Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said that radiation levels at the plant had fallen steadily over the past 12 hours. However, ministers were due to hold further talks last night on whether an immediate evacuation from Japan should be considered. About 17000 British nationals are thought to be in the country, mostly in Tokyo. Last night's Foreign ...

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Japans Nuclear Secrets-Past Reactor Damage Hidden From Government

Japans Nuclear Secrets-Past Reactor Damage Hidden From Government Video Clips. Duration : 3.77 Mins.

Japan's citizens are not satisfied with the information being given to them about the amount of radiation being given off by Japan's nuclear reactors which are on the verge of melting down. It has been revealed in the past that many problems with Japan's nuclear reactors since the 1980's were covered up by the Tokyo Electric Company.

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Nuclear Power Plant Damage by Japanese Earthquake

We have been hearing that the damage in the Japanese Nuclear Power Plant Fukushima 1 has not been repaired. On Friday, March 11, an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 hit northern Honshu Island, Japan at nearby 3:00 p.m. Local time. A weighty tsunami followed and at 7:03 p.m. The first accident announcement was issued. At 8:50 p.m., an evacuation order was issued for residents within a three-kilometer diameter of the power plant. The first, second, and third reactors automatically stopped operating, and all electricity cut off. They lost cooling function.

On the second and third days, hydrogen explosions occurred in the first and third reactors. Radioactive wastes were released into the environment, and radiation levels in the air, water, and foods registered far above normal. Cooling efforts continued, and radiation levels reduced in the environment in the last week of March. However, total recovery of the damage has not been reported as of April 3, 2011. The damage includes the possibility of a core melt down, the worst considerable situation in a nuclear power reactor accident.

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When I heard this news in California, my first idea was that this damage would be fixed in one week or so. I idea that at least a concrete plan and schedule would be advanced and released in three to five days. Instead, the supplementary damages were revealed one after an additional one as time went by. The situation has appeared increasingly worse in the last some weeks. It surprised me. The damage and the accident could not be corrected properly in a few days despite the world-class Japanese technology of nuclear power generation.

Although my idea on use of atomic power as a source of energy is neutral, I do have a concern due to the destructive nature of the power source. I could not help but think habitancy need to make the right decision in using nuclear energy for an alternative energy source. The stories of damages and accidents reminded me an old Chinese story on nature. It was a tale from Zhuangzi. Even though the legs of crane birds are too long, if you cut them, the birds would not survive. Even though the legs of sparrows are too short, if you lengthened them, they would not function. The long legs for crane birds were to keep them dry while standing in water; the short legs for sparrows are for standing safely on the branches of tall trees.

I hope that the use of nuclear power generation is not an endeavor to convert unchangeable nature: in other words, an activity to shorten the legs of cranes or lengthen the legs of sparrows. Otherwise, I hope they would develop whole counter-measures for this kind of natural disaster.

Nuclear Power Plant Damage by Japanese Earthquake