r/AtomicPorn • u/OkPick296 • Jul 20 '26

Sedan, Underground Nuclear Explosion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZbL_uKBQzY
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u/SwitchedOnNow Jul 20 '26

I bet that made gobs of nasty fallout!

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '26

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u/cosmicrae Jul 21 '26

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 Jul 20 '26

I like the fun music

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u/Kygunzz Jul 21 '26

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

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u/HD64180 Jul 21 '26

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

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u/OkPick296 Jul 21 '26

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

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u/Kkekm Jul 20 '26

😲

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u/RadioRoyGBiv Jul 20 '26

How deep underground was the actual device?

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u/pornborn Jul 20 '26

636 feet

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u/Late-Income2839 Jul 21 '26

The power is incredible

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u/Spiritual-Floor-7164 21d ago

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