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xatttyesterday at 4:58 PM2 repliesview on HN

> Exposure to a nuclear blast doesn't necessarily make things radioactive

Isn’t this neutron activation?


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pixl97today at 12:03 AM

Generally they are going to airburst to cause maximum damage over an area which means what free neutrons hit are gasses which dispurse pretty quickly. Ground detonation does cause more fallout though.

stackghostyesterday at 5:23 PM

It is, but a) it's a probabilistic process and b) most of the products decay rapidly, down to the background level in a matter of days.