Generally, when considering a hypothetical nuclear explotion in a big city the most common idea is that the heat and shock wave could kill anyone instantly. But in reality there would be some places much more deadly than others to be in a building and a group of scientists has now determined exactly.
To be frank, the idea that a nuclear incident could exist within a metropolis is a real and latent risk. The perfect example of this is that during 2022 there were plenty of portraits generated by more than one Artificial Intelligence where they illustrated the end of the world as a post-apocalyptic environment with marks of devastation from atomic attacks.
Under such a parameter and context, it seems that a community of experts decided to answer a specific question about the real risks that any subject who is in a building could run at the time of a nuclear explosion.
Technology has advanced a lot in these years, so the study has been able to determine precisely what would be the deadliest places where one could be at the time of this incident.
This is the deadliest part of any building in the event of a nuclear explosion
AIP Publishing has just released the results of the most recent research project, developed by researchers and scientists from the University of Nicosia in Cyprus, who sought to verify how you cannot be saved from the magnitude of a nuclear explosion by being miles away and hiding in a building.
Rather, there would be specific scenarios and circumstances where it would be even worse to be away from the incident area. To conclude, the scientists created a computerized model of the repercussions that a 750-kiloton nuclear warhead detonated in a city would cause.
Roughly speaking, the bomb would vaporize anyone within a mile radius in a ball of fire. There the individuals would not even find out what happened practically.
The most critical would be experienced by people 5 kilometers away from the nucleus of the explosion, since in just 10 seconds a shock wave would be formed with winds capable of maiming anyone on public roads or housed in flimsy buildings.
“Before our study, the danger to people inside a building reinforced with blast-resistant concrete was not clear. Our study shows that high airspeeds remain a considerable hazard inside the structure and can still result in serious injury or even death.”
This is what study author Dimitris Drikakis explains, detailing how those in concrete buildings would find the highest risk zone in the areas near doors and windows.
Since the flow dynamics with the wind of the shock wave would devastate that entire structure and would turn almost any element into a high speed projectile.
That’s not counting the inevitable crash against the walls that would crush anyone from the force of thrust and impact.