There were 950 nuclear explosions worldwide as of the end of October 1979

Authors

  • Stive lack , jemica robin

Keywords:

nuclear explosion; TNT equivalent; explosive power; underground nuclear test; Greenwich Mean Time; explosive test; New Mexico; destructive power; cutoff; Soviet Union;

Abstract

Report of "Science Survey" in West Germany, October 1979] By the end of 1978, there were 905 nuclear explosions in the world, and the destructive force was equivalent to about 366 million tons of TNT. The energy released by 1 ton of TNT is 1 billion calories. At 12:30 GMT on July 16, 1945, the United States conducted its first nuclear explosion test in Alamogordo, New Mexico, with a power of 19,000 tons of TNT.

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Published

2022-07-07

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 4 (2022)

Section

Articles