If a nuclear bomb were to detonate how far would one have to be from ground zero before they are safe?

Question

If a nuclear bomb were to detonate how far would one have to be from ground zero before they are safe?

Answer 1

There's no single answer because nuclear bombs come in a wide variety of yields (kiloton, megaton, etc.,.) Take a look at this website to get an idea ==>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/sfe...

Answer 2

That would depend on the size of the bomb, whether it went off at ground level or a thousand feet up etc, whether this was on flat open ground or a very built up city area and so on.

Not hard to find some rough guesstimators

http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/nu...

Answer 3

underground

Answer 4

Unsure... however, wouldn't it vary depending on the size of the bomb? I know you would have to be extremely far away... (we'll over 100 miles) to escape "any" radiation damage... although it's affect varies from person to person also... so I'm afraid I don't actually know... Good Question though (you can have an interesting *)

Answer 5

In the bedrock.