Nuclear holocaust Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text=== Nuclear fallout === {{Main|Nuclear fallout}} Nuclear fallout is the residual radioactive dust and ash propelled into the upper atmosphere following a nuclear explosion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atomicarchive.com/Effects/effects17.shtml|title=Radioactive Fallout {{!}} Effects of Nuclear Weapons {{!}} atomicarchive.com|website=www.atomicarchive.com|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref> Fallout is usually limited to the immediate area, and can only spread for hundreds of kilometers from the explosion site if the explosion is high enough in the atmosphere. Fallout may get [[Entrainment (meteorology)|entrained]] with the products of a [[pyrocumulus]] cloud and fall as black rain<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atomicbombmuseum.org/3_radioactivity.shtml|title=AtomicBombMuseum.org – Destructive Effects|website=atomicbombmuseum.org|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref> (rain darkened by soot and other particulates). This radioactive dust, usually consisting of [[fission product]]s mixed with bystanding atoms that are [[neutron activation|neutron activated by exposure]], is a highly dangerous kind of [[radioactive contamination]]. The main radiation hazard from fallout is due to short-lived radionuclides external to the body.<ref name="AtomicArchive">{{cite web|title=Radioactive Fallout|url=http://www.atomicarchive.com/Effects/effects17.shtml|website=Atomic Archive|access-date=23 January 2016}}</ref> While most of the particles carried by nuclear fallout decay rapidly, some radioactive particles will have half-lives of seconds to a few months. Some radioactive isotopes, like [[strontium-90]] and [[caesium-137]], are very long-lived and will create radioactive hot spots for up to 5 years after the initial explosion.<ref name="AtomicArchive"/> Fallout and black rain may contaminate waterways, agriculture, and soil. Contact with radioactive materials can lead to radiation poisoning through external exposure or accidental consumption. In acute doses over a short amount of time radiation will lead to prodromal syndrome, bone marrow death, central nervous system death and gastrointestinal death.<ref name = "Coggle & Lindop">Coggle, J.E., Lindop, Patricia J. "Medical Consequences of Radiation Following a Global Nuclear War." The Aftermath (1983): 60–71.</ref> Over longer periods of exposure to radiation, cancer becomes the main health risk. Long-term radiation exposure can also lead to in utero effects on human development and transgenerational genetic damage.<ref name = "Coggle & Lindop"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rerf.jp/radefx/genetics_e/birthdef.html|title=公益財団法人 放射線影響研究所 RERF|website=www.rerf.jp|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page