Posts Tagged ‘thermonuclear’

Castle Bravo – huge thermonuclear Explosion

Castle Bravo was the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the United States, with a yield of 15 Megatons. That yield, far exceeding the expected yield of 4 to 6 megatons, combined with other factors, led to the most significant accidental radiological contamination ever caused by the United States. In terms of TNT tonnage [...]

What’s the possibility of thermonuclear explosion in Chernobyl, if the sarcophagus collapse ?

Is there any real threat if the old sarcophagus collapse? Is it going to be a new thermonuclear explosion, or just releasing radiation (without explosion). Both are dangerous, but what do you think?