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Hi! I was wondering if any knowledgeable peoples on this forum could help me out with working out some details on a post-apocalyptic story I'm working on.
In the story, a nuclear bomb from the soviet union hits the city of San Francisco in 1962. My question is this: With the nuclear technology the soviets had at the time, how long would the radiation last in the city? Months? Years? Decades? I'm not specifically talking about the radiation cloud, which would move with the weather for a time, but the radiation on the city itself. Will the radiation stay embedded in the metals near the city? Will it be dangerous say, fifty years later?
Thanks,
Chris.
In the story, a nuclear bomb from the soviet union hits the city of San Francisco in 1962. My question is this: With the nuclear technology the soviets had at the time, how long would the radiation last in the city? Months? Years? Decades? I'm not specifically talking about the radiation cloud, which would move with the weather for a time, but the radiation on the city itself. Will the radiation stay embedded in the metals near the city? Will it be dangerous say, fifty years later?
Thanks,
Chris.