if its fiction anyways, go for an antimatter explosive. high blast, decent radiation, no fallout.
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Kyle Mcallister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > Here's a question regarding a bit of fiction I am > writing as a side project. > > What would the radiation effects be of a hypothetical > pure-fusion nuclear weapon? That is, a nuclear bomb > containing no fissile material whatsoever, triggered > by some other means. The following scenarios are used > in the storyline, and I'd like to get the physics > reasonably correct: > > 1. Moderately-high altitude detonations over sea > and/or largely uninhabited areas, with intent of > destroying American, Russian, Chinese launched ICBMs, > aircraft squadrons, etc. How much fallout (if any) is > produced by the pure-fusion device, and will remains > of the intercepted fissile-material-containing > missiles cause fallout? I would assume it would. > > 2. Air blast of pure fusion weapon over land, for > example, a city. Fallout? Neutron activation? How bad > would this be, and would there be some fusion reaction > schemes that could mitigate neutron activation? > > 3. Same as above, but a ground blast of the fusion > weapon. Again, I'd assume neutron activation would be > a factor, and is there some way to minimize it? > > Thanks in advance, > --Kyle > > > > >
