Nuclear Blast Radius: What Each Kilometer Means ..!

From ground zero to 12 kilometers, this 3D flyover maps what a nuclear detonation actually does: fireball, blast overpressure, thermal burns, prompt radiation, and the fallout plume. See why airbursts and ground bursts behave differently, where glass becomes shrapnel, and why simple sheltering slashes dose by 10–100×. We’ll show the real distances, the 7–10 fallout rule, and three moves that save lives. 00:00 Intro 01:29 What We Map 03:39 The Fireball Zone 06:00 Thermal Burns 07:44 Blast Overpressure Bands 09:25 Prompt Radiation 11:19 Fallout Plume 13:36 Shelter That Works 14:59 Surprising Truths 16:42 What You Should Remember ▶ Watch next: The $500 Billion City Already Sinking Into Sand    • The $500 Billion City Already Sinking Into...   The 660-Ton Steel Ball That Keeps Taipei 101 Standing    • The 660-Ton Steel Ball That Keeps Taipei 1...   Subscribe:    / @steel_giants   Sources: Los Alamos National Laboratory primer + classic scaling law (LA-UR and nuclear effects literature) + illustrative NUKEMAP; https://www.lanl.gov/discover/publica... and https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ Department of Defense/Nuclear Weapon Effects literature; FEMA/DOE guidance; e.g., DOE/NNSA and FEMA docs; https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/fil... and https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/fi... FEMA response guides and nuclear effects literature; https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/fi... and Sandia/DoD reports Nuclear weapons effects literature and NUKEMAP thermal calculations; https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ and classical civil-defense studies (e.g., Glasstone & Dolan) Glasstone & Dolan, DOE primers, UNSCEAR papers; https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publica... United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) and IAEA/FEMA guidance; https://www.unscear.org/docs/publicat... U.S. Department of Homeland Security/DOE/CDC guidance and classic radiological literature; https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/em... CDC/DOE sheltering guidance and Oak Ridge/Los Alamos studies; https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/em... and DOE primer Historical blast injury analysis (e.g., WWII blast studies, Glasstone & Dolan), FEMA guidance; https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Leg... and Glasstone & Dolan Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima/Nagasaki damage surveys; https://www.rerf.jp/ and classic Hiroshima assessments Los Alamos historical reports; Atomic Energy Commission test reports; https://www.lanl.gov/discover/publica... International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), UNSCEAR, medical radiobiology texts; https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publica... Glasstone & Dolan, FEMA/DOE primers; https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/15... and https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/fil... DoD/NNSA weapon specifications discussions and analysis (e.g., congressional reports); https://nuke.fas.org/ and DoD publications NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein; https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Glasstone & Dolan analyses; https://www.rerf.jp/en/ and Glasstone & Dolan CDC/DOE sheltering guidance and Oak Ridge/LANL studies; https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/em... Brookings/Los Alamos reconstructions and FEMA analyses; e.g., Brookings Institution studies on nuclear war impacts and health system strain; https://www.brookings.edu/research/ IAEA/UNSCEAR atmospheric transport literature and test fallout case studies; https://www.unscear.org/docs/publicat... CDC/FEMA/DOE public guidance; https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/em... and https://www.ready.gov/nuclear-blast Federation of American Scientists (FAS) stockpile analyses and declassified data; https://fas.org/issues/nuclear-weapons/ Manhattan Project historical archives, presidential records, biographies; https://www.atomicheritage.org/profil... and Truman Library https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/ WHO, National Academies, Brookings, and peer-reviewed analyses; e.g., National Research Council reports and WHO technical briefs Los Alamos primer; nuclear effects literature Los Alamos; NUKEMAP Made with original 3D animation and AI-generated imagery; narration is an AI voice. Music and sound effects are original. Credits: Earth texture: Public domain (NASA Blue Marble); Icons: MIT (Tabler Icons)