The NUKEMAP is designed to show the effect of a nuclear detonation, including estimated fatalities and injuries, in any given location across the globe.

The detonation was met with global outcry, although testing of very high-yield bombs by the Soviets continued for another two years until the Limited Test Ban Treaty was enacted.

There are a few strategies for keeping nuclear weapons from accidentally detonating, including where and how the nuclear components are stored.

To find how a nuclear detonation could affect the 23 capitals of the G20 nations and those with a nuclear arsenal, 24/7 Wall St. used Nukemap, a site that simulates detonation of nuclear bombs. We ...

The scenario TTstudio/Shutterstock You are in a large city that has just been subjected to a single, low-yield nuclear detonation, between 0.1 and 10 kilotons.

Unlike thermobaric explosions, though, nuclear ones will create fallout in the aftermath, making detonation sites uninhabitable and leaving living entities in the area with long-lasting ailments.

Deadlier weapons, more nations, autocrats in charge, disinformation and collapsing arms control — the risk of nuclear catastrophe is back.

Does not knowing where you'd take shelter in the event of a single, low-yield (0.1-10 kilotons) nuclear detonation in a major urban area keep you awake at night? We thought so. But don't worry ...

To put this into perspective, the largest ever nuclear explosion, known as the Tsar Bomba, had a yield of 50 megatons (which is the equivalent of 50,000,000 tons of TNT).

To find how a nuclear detonation could affect the 23 capitals of the G20 nations and those with a nuclear arsenal, 24/7 Wall St. used Nukemap, a site that simulates detonation of nuclear bombs. We ...

The Nagasaki Hospital represents the first and only empirical evidence of how a sufficiently strong shelter can protect civilians from a nuclear explosion.

The escalating risks of Russia’s war in Ukraine have led scientists to study the unthinkable and model the aftermath of nuclear detonation.