Human Bomb

Reactors equipped with heavy agitators used for tetraethyl lead manufacture during World War II were disinterred from bomb rubble and were found by the people who dug them up to be ideal for processing fish paste for human consumption. The reactors were washed, but this did not prevent poisoning a number of people. 

Humans inside collapsing buildings are subjected to the impact of very heavy stmctural parts. Pictures taken after earthquakes or bomb attacks reveal that vertical members usually fail, leaving a stack of floors on top of another. Although a... 

Human placenta (20 g) was completely dried at 105°C, crumbled, and a portion (5 g) was minerahzed by treating with nitric acid (12 M, 15 ml) at 110°C in a Teflon bomb. After mineralization, the contents were evaporated to dryness and the residue was dissolved in 1.0 ml of distilled water (termed sample A). An aliquot (10 pi) was chromatographed on RP-18 using MeOH -f HjO + CH3COOH (25 15 2) as the mobile phase. The separated spots of the metals were visualized by spraying the... 

Reference materials for radioisotopes have mainly been used for purposes relating to nuclear and radiation safety. Historically, the development of such materials first arose from the need to assess the risk to human populations caused by worldwide contamination of food and the environment as a consequence of atomic bomb testing - particularly from bombs exploded in the atmosphere. Even now, although atmospheric testing ceased many years ago, the residues from these tests still remain the main source of radionuclides such as Cs and °Sr in the global environment (though locally, other sources may be more important in some countries). 

Yoshimoto, Y., J.V. Neel, W.J. Schull, H. Kato, M. Soda, R. Eto, and K. Mabuchi. 1990. Malignant tumors during the first 2 decades of life in the offspring of atomic bomb survivors. Amer. Jour. Human Genet. 46 1041-1052. 

Radioactive substances Atmospheric faiiout from bomb testing ioss from sunken submarines emissions in cooiing waters of nuciear power piants Bioaccumuiation into seafood poses heaith risk to humans. 

Artificial radionuclides Radionuclides produced by humans via the explosion of atomic bombs and in nuclear reactors. 

It may also be possible to capture one of the larger asteroids and send it crashing to Earth by exploding nuclear bombs at specific locations on the surface of the asteroid. Biological Doomsday Machines include weapons utilizing bacteria, viruses, or various biological toxins. For example, a few pounds of poison produced by botulism bacteria is sufficient to kill all human life. 

Human, Homo sapiens Developing forebrain, 0.18-0.55 Gy (estimated dose to prenatally exposed Japanese atomic bomb survivors)... 

Baka Piloted Rocket Bomb was a suicide weapon designed to be controlled by a human pilot. It resembled a plane, was carried beneath.the fuselage of a bomber and released near its target. Three Type 4 Mk 1 Rocket Motors provided propulsion after Baka was released from the mother plane. The entire HE content of the Baka (1135 lbs of Type 91 Expl) (Trinitroanisole) was in the warhead of the nose. Baka was 19 ft 10 inches long with wingspread 16 ft 5 inches. Its warhead had Nose and Tail Fuzes (pp 116—17, Fig 88)... 

Nuclear flssion Nuclear fission, the splitting of an atomic nucleus, doesn t occur in nature. Humans first harnessed the tremendous power of fission during the Manhattan Project, an intense, hush-hush effort by the United States that led to the development of the first atomic bomb in 1945. Fission has since been used for more-benign purposes in nuclear power plants. Nuclear power plants use a highly regulated process of fission to produce energy much more efficiently than is done in traditional, fossil fuel-burning power plants. 

These elements include potassium (found in food) and uranium, thorium, and radon (found in the soil and air). Estimates of cancer incidence from naturally occurring radioisotopes use data on human exposure to the atomic bombs dropped on Japan and to early radiation therapy. 

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