By: Stephanie Hochbein

In The Event Of War

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A fallout shelter is an enclosed space specially designed to protect occupants from radioactive debris or fallout resulting from a nuclear explosion.

A basic fallout shelter consists of shields that reduce gamma rays by a factor of 1000.

Successful public shelters can be the middle floors of some tall buildings or parking structures, or below ground level in most buildings with more than 10 floors.

The fallout shelter triangle, not to be confused with the symbol for radiation----------

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Fall Out Shelters

Nuclear Weapons- explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion.

Hydrogen Bomb- its perhaps a thousand times more powerful than a uranium- or plutonium-based fission bomb, making it successfully the nuclear weapon's nuclear weapon. Only the five permanent United Nations Security Council members; the United States, Russia, Britain, France and China — are known to possess hydrogen bombs.

In an atomic bomb, uranium or plutonium is separated into lighter elements that together weigh less than the original atoms, the rest of the mass appearing as energy.

Weapons/Bombs

Catchphrase popular in the 1950s. Describes the instant actions necessary for individuals

to take to protect themselves in the event of a nuclear detonation.

It offers some protection from flying glass and other small, but dangerous, debris.

Within a substantial radius—depending on the explosion's height and yield, duck and covering would offer slight protection against the intense heat, shock waves, and radiation following a nuclear explosion

Elementary schoolchild in the United States in the early 1950s learned by heart the phrase and the actions I duck and covering involved.

Duck & Covering

China(Chinese estimate):114,000 killed in combat34,000 non-combat deaths380,000 wounded

(US estimate):400,000+ dead486,000 wounded

Casualties of the War

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