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NEMP - no reason to panic

Abstract

The nuclear electromagnetic pulse (NEMP) - caused by an explosion of nuclear weapons at 40 and more kilometers of height - fills the headlines: from the cardiac pacemaker to the nuclear power plant the whole technique is said be paralysed, especially all electronic devices and the energy supply. This would result in a chaos. Such sensational reports have a true gist: the NEMP actually is an accompanying circumstance of nuclear detonations. But the reports often exaggerate: not all things would fail, and a protection of the most essential facilities, of the radio system for example, is technically as well as economicly feasible.
Authors:
Publication Date:
May 21, 1982
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-83-035756
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: VDI-Nachr.; (Germany, Federal Republic of); Journal Volume: 36:21
Subject:
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; 42 ENGINEERING; 20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; SAFETY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; POWER PLANTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT; EXPLOSIONS; PULSES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; 450200* - Military Technology, Weaponry, & National Defense- Nuclear Explosions & Explosives; 420800 - Engineering- Electronic Circuits & Devices- (-1989); 200100 - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Power Plants & Power Generation; 210000 - Nuclear Power Plants
OSTI ID:
6859226
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
German
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: VDNAA
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 36
Announcement Date:
Oct 01, 1982

Citation Formats

Weber, R. NEMP - no reason to panic. Germany: N. p., 1982. Web.
Weber, R. NEMP - no reason to panic. Germany.
Weber, R. 1982. "NEMP - no reason to panic." Germany.
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