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Detonation Britain

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Author : Jeremy Mark Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Crescent Moon Pub
Release Date : 2008

Detonation Britain written by Jeremy Mark Robinson and has been published by Crescent Moon Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.

NUCLEAR WAR IN THE U.K. An exploration of how the United Kingdom would fare in a nuclear war. There are chapters on: nuclear politics nukespeak and 'nuclear theology' atomic bomb tests and 'accidents' American bases in the U.K. the superpowers' military programmes and strategies the cost of nuclear war British civil defence the Gulf War, 'infowar' and 'smart' technology nuclear attack scenarios and anti-war and peace initiatives. Jeremy Robinson's books include Blade Runner and the Films of Philip K. Dick, Rimbaud, Lawrence Durrell and Hayao Miyazaki. EXTRACT FROM CHAPTER TWO: HELL ON EARTH A NUCLEAR WAR WORST CASE SCENARIO Here s how you might die in a nuclear strike. Maximum capability is about one strategic warhead hitting a target every twenty seconds. Let s take a one megaton air-burst scenario. At ground zero, all buildings would be destroyed. Winds of 1,000 mph. There may be an echo of the blast wave (the Mach effect), resulting in double the over-pressure. The fireball will rise at feet/ second, expanding to 6,000 feet diameter after ten seconds. The radioactive cloud would be 3 miles high in 30 seconds. All combustible stuff would ignite, some up to 8 miles away. Air heat rises to 10,000,000 C. Heat travels outwards at 186,000 miles per second. Flesh would melt. People would die in the suffocation from the firestorm. At 1.5 miles from ground zero over-pressure is 30 times than normal atmospheric pressure. From two to five miles away, most buildings would be flattened, within 15 or so seconds. Winds of 130 mph. Clothing would ignite. Radiation sickness is inevitable. At three miles away you ll feel a flash of light (christened the pika-don at Hiroshima); then intense heat which chars to the bone (full-thickness burns); fifteen seconds later the windows would be blown in by the blast wave; and you d be thrown about by the wind. First degree burns as far as 20 miles from detonation. The EMP (electromagnetic pulse) will disrupt computers, telephones, radios, radars and power supplies. Most people would be permanently blinded by the brilliant light. There are about 200 radioactive elements in fall-out. Fall-out is second-stage radiation, contaminating water, the food chain, everything. Everywhere would be a Z Zone, a fall-out zone. Nice to know, too, that radiation is undetectable by the five senses. You may have a mortal dose and not know it. You ll know soon, though. You re in for a party, with radiation comin at ya in four types: alpha, beta, gamma and neutron. Gamma rays can penetrate several inches of concrete. Uranium and plutonium isotopes are nice, affecting bones, the respiratory tract, the liver, kidneys and lymphnodes: radiation lasts up to thousands of years. Ionizing radiation ll give you nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, delirium, exhaustion, haemorrhages, hair loss, ulcers, anaemia and leukemia.

The Great Explosion

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Author : Brian Dillon
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2015-05-07

The Great Explosion written by Brian Dillon and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-07 with History categories.

The Great Explosion by Brian Dillon: a masterful account of a terrible disaster in a remarkable place In April 1916, shortly before the commencement of the Battle of the Somme, a fire started in a vast munitions works located in the Kentish marshes. The resulting series of explosions killed 108 people and injured many more. In a brilliant piece of storytelling, Brian Dillon recreates the events of that terrible day - and, in so doing, sheds a fresh and unexpected light on the British home front in the Great War. He offers a chilling natural history of explosives and their effects on the earth, on buildings, and on human and animal bodies. And he evokes with vivid clarity one of Britain's strangest and most remarkable landscapes - where he has been a habitual explorer for many years. The Great Explosion is a profound work of narrative, exploration and inquiry from one of our most brilliant writers. 'The Great Explosion is exhilarating and moving and lyrical. It is a quiet evisceration of a landscape through the discovery of a lost history of destructiveness, a meditation on Englishness, an autobiography, a mapping of absences. I loved it.' Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes ''What a fascinating, unclassifiable, brilliant book, confirming Brian Dillon's reputation as one of our most innovative and elegant non-fictioneers. No one else could have written it.' Robert Macfarlane, author of The Old Ways 'Forensic, fascinating, endlessly interesting' Philip Hoare, Samuel Johnson Prize-winning author of Leviathan andThe Sea Inside 'A subtle, human history of the early twentieth century ... Explosions are a fruitful subject in Dillon's hands, one that enables him to reflect movingly on the instant between life and death, on the frailty of human endeavour, and on the readiness of nations to tear one another apart. The Great Explosion deftly covers a tumultuous period of history while centring on the tiniest moments - just punctuation marks in time' Financial Times '[Dillon's] account of the Faversham explosion is as bold as it is dramatic, while his descriptive passages about the marshlands of Kent are so evocative that you can practically feel the mud sticking at your feet' Evening Standard 'A brilliant evocation of place grasped in its modernity' Guardian 'Dillon ... has a WG Sebald-like gift for interrogating the landscape ... a work of real elegiac seriousness that goes to the heart of a case of human loss and destruction in England's sinister pastures green' Ian Thomson, Irish Times 'Exhilarating ... utterly beguiling' Literary Review

Report Of The Inquiry Into Serious Gas Explosions

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Author : Philip James King
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977

Report Of The Inquiry Into Serious Gas Explosions written by Philip James King and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Report from P.J. King, G.T. Clegg and W.J. Walters to Anthony Wedgwood Benn (Secretary of State, Department of Energy) and Sir Denis Rooke (Chairman, British Gas Corporation). Copies are supplied by TSO's on-demand publishing service (September 2002)

Process Vessels Subject To Explosion Risk

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Author : British Materials Handling Board
language : en
Publisher: IChemE
Release Date : 2000

Process Vessels Subject To Explosion Risk written by British Materials Handling Board and has been published by IChemE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Computers categories.

This work contains guidelines which provide available information as to the pressure capabilities of relatively weak process vessels in the event of an internal explosion. The process industries wanted for a long time a structured method of manufacturing equipment that may be subject to dust explosions - enabling suitably proceted plant to withstand a transient explosion. Despite not covering all situations, this guide should help engineers calculate the strength of weak vessels and thus enable explosion venting and suppression systems to have a more consistent foundation and remove many of the difficultites associated with lack of knowledge of vessel strength.

Flame Arresters And Explosion Reliefs

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Author : Great Britain. Health and Safety Executive
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980

Flame Arresters And Explosion Reliefs written by Great Britain. Health and Safety Executive and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Explosion reliefs categories.

The Effects Of Simplification Of The Explosion Pressure Time History

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Author : Health And Safety Executive Staff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988

The Effects Of Simplification Of The Explosion Pressure Time History written by Health And Safety Executive Staff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Drilling platforms categories.

Dust Explosion Prevention And Protection

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Author : John Barton
language : en
Publisher: IChemE
Release Date : 2002

Dust Explosion Prevention And Protection written by John Barton and has been published by IChemE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Science categories.

The Detonation Phenomenon

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Author : John H. S. Lee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

The Detonation Phenomenon written by John H. S. Lee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Detonation waves categories.

The Valley Of The Shadow

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Author : John H. Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981

The Valley Of The Shadow written by John H. Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Technology & Engineering categories.

The Report Of The Royal Commission Into British Nuclear Tests In Australia

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Author : Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985

The Report Of The Royal Commission Into British Nuclear Tests In Australia written by Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Atomic bomb categories.

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