RNEP

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Atomowe „bunker bustery”

Testy RNEP (Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator)

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Test 2,3 kilotonowej bomby jądrowej "Cabriolet" w Newadzie,
zakopanej pod 5,2 m mocno utwardzoną warstwą ziemi.
Promień strefy fali silnego promieniowania osiągnął 1250 m.
Fig.6:
www.princeton.edu/~rnelson/papers/physicstoday.pdf

na str.9 mowa o ładunkach nuklearnych nawet 0,1 kT:
Nelson, R.W., Low-Yield Earth-Penetrating Nuclear Weapons. Science & Global
Security, 2002. 10(1): p. 1-20.
www.princeton.edu/%7Eglobsec/publications/pdf/10_1Nelson.pdf

na str.10 podane są parametry uzyskane przy próbie jądrowej 0,43 kT Danny Boy
na głebokości 43 m - dała krater o promieniu 33 m,
activity fraction (udział całkowitej uwolnionej radioaktywności) Fc=0,04
Fig.7 na str. 15 pokazuje strefy dawki śmiertelnej (H+1hr) oznacza uzyskanie
jej po pobycie w tej strefie przez 1 godzinę
(jej promień to ok.1000 m)

0,1 kT "Neptune" zdetonowany na 30 m również dał krater o promieniu 31 m
activity fraction Fc=0,0005

wspomniany wyżej "Cabriolet" 2,3 kT na 53 m dał krater o promieniu 56 m
(b.d. n/t Fc)

"Jangle U" 1,2 kT na 5,2 m dał krater 80 m
activity fraction Fc=0,64

"Jangle S" 1,2 kT odpalony na powierzchni (b.d. n/t krateru)
activity fraction Fc=0,5


"Recent reports suggest that the Bush administration is considering using
nuclear weapons against Iran. The very fact that nuclear weapon use is being
discussed as an option—against a state that does not have nuclear weapons and
does not represent a direct or imminent threat to the United States—illustrates
the extent to which the Bush administration has changed U.S. nuclear weapons
policy."
"Plans to use nuclear weapons against Iran also fail to recognize the immediate
dangers inherent in the use of nuclear weapons. The administration is
reportedly considering using the B61-11 nuclear 'bunker buster' against an
underground facility near Natanz, Iran. The use of such a weapon would create
massive clouds of radioactive fallout that could spread far from the site of
the attack, including to other nations. Even if used in remote, lightly
populated areas, the number of casualties could range up to more than a hundred
thousand, depending on the weapon yield and weather conditions."
www.ucsusa.org/news/commentary/administrations-nuclear.html

"The RNEP design: Weapons designers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
intend to use an existing high-yield nuclear warhead—the 1.2-megaton B83
nuclear bomb—in a longer, stronger and heavier bomb casing. The B83 is the
largest nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal, and nearly 100 times more powerful
than the nuclear bomb used on Hiroshima."
www.ucsusa.org/global_security/nuclear_weapons/the-robust-nuclear-earth-penetrator-rnep.html


1. Medalia, J., Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Budget Request and Plan, FY2005-
FY2009. March 24, 2004, Congressional Research Service: Washington, D.C.
Available at:
www.fas.org/spp/starwars/crs/RS21762.pdf


"This animation depicts a proposed weapon with a one megaton yield. The funding
for this weapon was cut in 2005 defense appropriations. However, the United
States still has a B61-11 nuclear 'bunker buster' in its arsenal which has a
400 kiloton yield, which could still cause hundreds of thousands of deaths and
spread radiation to other countries. "
www.ucsusa.org/global_security/nuclear_weapons/nuclear-bunker-buster-rnep-animation.html