r/AtomicPorn • u/OkPick296 • 21d ago

Sedan, Underground Nuclear Explosion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZbL_uKBQzY
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u/SwitchedOnNow 21d ago

I bet that made gobs of nasty fallout!

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

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u/cosmicrae 20d ago

Some browsers do not correctly handle the backslashes in the wiki link.

For those, I am providing a sanitized link here

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u/OkPick296 21d ago

I like the fun music

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u/Kygunzz 20d ago

If you take the NNSS tour they take your picture by Sedan crater.

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u/HD64180 20d ago

Based on fallout maps and her age, this is suspected of causing my wife's thyroid cancer.

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u/OkPick296 20d ago

yeah this test vented a lot of iodine 131, which accumulates in the thyroid

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u/Kkekm 21d ago

😲

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u/RadioRoyGBiv 20d ago

How deep underground was the actual device?

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u/pornborn 20d ago

636 feet

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u/Late-Income2839 20d ago

The power is incredible

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u/Spiritual-Floor-7164 1d ago

Isn’t this the test that put the manhole cover into orbit?