Nuclear explosion. View of the nuclear explosion code-named Badger at the Nevada Testing Site, USA, on 18 April 1953. This atomic bomb was detonated i

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Nuclear explosion. View of the nuclear explosion code-named Badger at the Nevada Testing Site, USA, on 18 April 1953. This atomic bomb was detonated in a tower and had the same explosive force as 23 thousand tonnes (kilotonnes) of TNT. It was detonated as part of Operation Upshot-Knothole, an American programme which tested systems for atomic bombs.

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Keywords: accident, decontamination, disaster, energy, industry, island, mile, nuclear, plant, power, reactor, simulator, station, technology, tmi