Nuclear Bomb

Per wikipedia, "A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter."

Links to Wikipedia Articles
Nuclear Weapon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon
B83 Nuclear Bomb: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B83_nuclear_bomb
Effects of Nuclear Explosions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects...ear_explosions
Pantex Nuclear Weapons Disposal Plant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantex_Plant

Appearances:

• Chapter 34, Part 1 - Colonel Kimmet tells Michael that there is are B83 nuclear bombs in both Boulder and Fort Irwin set up to be remotely detonated as a "failsafe" in the event that either site should fall to the zombies.
  
• Chapter 34, Part 2 -
  SPOILER 

  Boulder is evacuated and the nuclear bomb is detonated. Details on the bomb's impact can be found at http://www.zombiepodcast.com/forum/s...8717#post48717
  
  
• Chapter 36 -
  SPOILER 

  Fort Irwin is over-run by Little Ones and the nuclear bomb there is detonated.
  
  

B83 Nuclear Bomb


1951 Ground Burst nuclear test, approximately 10% the blast power of a B83 bomb


B83 Specs:

• Blast Yield - 1.2 Megatons, i.e. 1.2 million tons of TNT
  
• Weight - 2,400 pounds
  
• Length - 12 feet
  
• Diameter - 18 inches
  
• Delivered by - B1B, B-2 and B-52 bombers, F-15E and A/F-18 fighters
  

The Federation of American Scientists provide the following description of the effects of a nuclear blast at this link:
http://www.fas.org/nuke/intro/nuke/effects.htm

The Nuclear Darkness website has a tool that allows you to simulate the blast effects of a nuclear bomb on a specific location. Pick a target location, pick a blast yield (1,200 kt for a B83) and see how it plots out on Google Maps.
http://www.nucleardarkness.org/nucle...sionsimulator/