Direct Effects 2
Direct Effects 2 : The immediate emissions of a nuclear burst considered most hazardous; namely, blast, heat, and initial nuclear radiation. Structural damage may occur from the blast effect and fires may occur from the heat effect. The initial nuclear radiation includes neutrons which are highly penetrating of most materials and exceedingly harmful to living tissue. In addition, neutron radiation will induce radioactivity in certain elements causing them to emit hazardous radiation thereafter. Radioactive fallout is an indirect rather than a direct effect
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