Category Archives: nuclear

An Excellent Article on the Dangers of EMP

Here is an article sent to me by a friend that I think might be interesting to most of you.

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Dr. Peter Vincent Pry: America May Never Recover From EMP Attack

Dr. Peter Vincent Pry is the Executive Director

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Protecting Yourself in Case the North Korean Detonate a Nuclear Device

With the new leader of North Korea making threats against the U.S. in such a reckless manner, I think we may have to start to take him seriously.  While he may not have many nuclear devices and his missile capability …

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Old Civil Defense Radiation Detectors

Do you have any means of detecting radiation?  I recently was talking to someone at a local fire department and found out that they still had a bunch of left over radiation detectors from the cold war that were no …

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More on Electromagnetic Pulse

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to speak with a retired military officer who worked in areas that at times involved EMP.  He provided me with several pieces of information.  He stated that the item that is most susceptible …

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Nuclear Waste Storage

I recently received some information on the location of nuclear reactors and nuclear waste storage areas.  The big surprise was to find that a small research reactor is located much closer to my location that I had previously thought.  The …

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Rules on Nuclear Fallout

I have been thinking about posting more information on nuclear fallout so today I will explain the seven – ten rule of nuclear decay.

Assume that a one Megaton Bomb blast occurs and you are sheltered or far enough away …

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Protecting Electronics with Faraday Cages

I have done a lot of research on Faraday Cages and feel like I am finally beginning to understand them. A Faraday Cage is designed to protect electronics from EMP (electromagnetic pulse) that can be created by high altitude nuclear …

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More on EMP (Electromagnetic pulse)

The following link is to an overview of a report prepared for congress by a group of eminent scientists.  This is a very serious report not very long, but is worth further reading.

The Commission to Assess the Threat from …

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What is EMP (Electromagnetic pulse)

In today’s world we have come to depend upon all of our electronic toys.  Without them society would be in chaos, the power grid will collapse, most vehicles will stop, and computers will not function.   Most people today have no …

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A Source of Potassium Iodide an Information on Nuclear Warfare

I found a website that has the book Nuclear War Survival Skills by Cresson Kearny for sale for $12.00 a copy or $8.00 for five or more.  This is the single best book ever written on how to survive a …

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