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Radiation Event Medical Management (REMM)

How Energy Is Dispersed after Nuclear Explosion: Approximate
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                        How energy is dispersed after nuclear explosion: Approximate
Source: Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute's Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation Course on CD-ROM (1999)
  • 50% Blast and ground shock
  • 35% Thermal radiation
  • 15% Ionizing radiation
    • 5% Initial/prompt (first minute)
    • 10% Delayed/residual (minutes to years)