Well, I don't fear radiation, LOL. I've seen radiotherapy work wonders. I agree there is much fearmongering over radiation.
As for the nuked cities being up and running in a few days - the most dangerous of radioisotopes have such short half-lives that they are significantly reduced after 72 hours. A 'simple' fission bomb will produce more radioactive fall out than would a pure fusion weapon; however, since fusion weapons don't (reportedly... [cough] ahem [/ahem]) exist. On the other hand, thermonuclear weapons (fission-fusion type) tend to cause more fallout than an atomic bomb (fission only) as more of the fissile material undergoes fission due to the fission-fusion-fission design. Even for these, the most dangerous of the fallout decays within 72 hours to a week at most.
What does a Geiger counter and/or neutron detector detect? Work adjacent to anyone who was MUNSS or eve talk to them... is their work pointless?
Well, I don't fear radiation, LOL. I've seen radiotherapy work wonders. I agree there is much fearmongering over radiation.
As for the nuked cities being up and running in a few days - the most dangerous of radioisotopes have such short half-lives that they are significantly reduced after 72 hours. A 'simple' fission bomb will produce more radioactive fall out than would a pure fusion weapon; however, since fusion weapons don't (reportedly... [cough] ahem [/ahem]) exist. On the other hand, thermonuclear weapons (fission-fusion type) tend to cause more fallout than an atomic bomb (fission only) as more of the fissile material undergoes fission due to the fission-fusion-fission design. Even for these, the most dangerous of the fallout decays within 72 hours to a week at most.
What does a Geiger counter and/or neutron detector detect? Work adjacent to anyone who was MUNSS or eve talk to them... is their work pointless?