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How far do you have to be from a nuke to survive?
Mild, first degree burns can occur up to 11 km (6.8 miles) away, and third degree burns – the kind that destroy and blister skin tissue – could affect anyone up to 8 km (5 miles) away. Third degree burns that cover more than 24 percent of the body will likely be fatal if people don’t receive medical care immediately.
What is the danger radius of a nuclear bomb?
Nearly everything was heavily damaged up to a radius of 3 miles from the blast, and beyond this distance damage, although comparatively light, extended for several more miles. Glass was broken up to 12 miles.
How far away from a nuclear bomb would you be blind?
For a bomb that size, people up to 21 km (13 miles) away would experience flash blindness on a clear day, and people up to 85 km (52.8 miles) away would be temporarily blinded on a clear night.
How far away from a nuclear explosion can you survive?
There is also a need to avoid the lethal radiation, which will reach out about 2 miles, with diminishing degrees of lethality as you get further away from the blast – for example, you’ll have a 50\% chance of dying from radiation (but not so quickly) if you are within 5 miles.
What locations could be a potential target for a nuclear attack?
The other locations I would suspect could be a target are any U.S. military of U.S. government facilities ( white house, federal buildings, air-force bases, etc. ). Here’s a website that gives you maps of the state-by-state nuclear threats. It’s a bit older (2002), but it still provides relevant visual nuclear threat data.
Is thermal radiation safe on The NUKEMAP?
I used the NukeMap set to the closest possible nuclear target to my location, that is Oak Ridge Tennessee and according to the map I’m safe from the detonation blast of the largest Russia bomb the Tsar Bomba, however, thermal radiation could be an issue. According to the site Thermal radiation can cause: