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Originally Posted by dyna mo
Anyone that compares a nuclear detonation with Chernobyl does not really understand the difference between an accident and a strategic nuclear weapons.
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You are 100% correct here. Looks like Rochard didn't learn in the school
Chernobyl accident was caused by a steam explosion followed by a massive fire of graphite rods. The Uranium fuel was turned into a dust an thrown far away into the atmosphere. In two words it was the biggest
dirty bomb in the history of mankind.
The nuclear weapon does not seriously pollute the environment (course if the warhead has no shell of cobalt, but it's a way another story... ;)) Almost all energy of explosion will be transformed into the shock wave, heat and ionizing radiation. In other words, even a serious nuclear blast will be 1000's times "safer" for the environment. In terms of radioactive contamination, but not a physical damage of course.