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2000+ nuclear explosions
Sites of nuclear explosions Tests after 24 September 1996
13 kt 50.000 kt
Tsar Bomba http://youtube.com/watch?v=FfoQsZa8F1c
Scale comparison
Hiroshima 13 kt
U.S. B83 bomb 1200 kt
Soviet Tzar Bomba 50 mt
Chinese DF-5A warhead 4,5 mt
4630 kg 23 kg
W87 warhead – 300 kt
Atmospheric and
Underground
Nuclear Testing
CTBT Treaty Status,
February 2013
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Eight countries have to
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Listening for Nuclear Noise
PTS/IDC February 2013
Detecting IMS Stations (Seismic & Infrasound)
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PTS/IDC February 2013 Page 16
Event Locations Comparison (2006, 2009, 2013)
Tunnel Entrance
PTS/IDC February 2013
Particulate and Noble Gas Systems Status of Installations Feb 2013
PTS/IDC February 2013 Page 18
Atmospheric transport modeling assuming
release from seismic event location
Assuming continuous venting from underground event
(0-30m altitude)
Animated model of dispersion of emitted gas (9 to 30 October 2006)
8 October 2009
IFEO8 – OSI Field Exercise
in Kazakhstan
8 October 2009
IFEO8 – OSI Field Exercise
Checking for contamination
8 October 2009
IFEO8 – OSI Field Exercise
OSI inspector prepares ground-penetrating radar to detect changes in underground
Events Located by the IDC February 2000- August 2011
333,329 events
CTBTO verification technologies
are also used for disaster
warning and mitigation.
CTBTO Tracks Fukushima's
Radioactive Release
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