Depends on the type of bomb, the yield, and if it was an air burst or ground burst strike. Back in the cold war they used to say between 3 and 6 weeks but with modern nukes which have larger yields it’s actually probably less time because they are fusion based, which don’t produce as much radioactivity.
Just make sure to ignore the preppers, because they haven’t actually got a clue. One of the things they always seem to stock is hunting equipment, so they’re proposing to go hunt after a nuclear fallout event. Yeah they went won’t long.
Financial systems breakdown, into full anarchy. I reckon a cabin in nowhere, hunting equipment and barn full of seeds would be pretty rad for that scenario.
But yeah, eating plants is better than eating animals when contamination is a risk
You don’t think those plants aren’t going to take up nuclear fallout as they grow? Or that even disturbing the soil by working it will give you plenty of exposure? Leafy greens and root crops would be the worst for exposure.
The thing is contamination pollutes upwards, so if leafy greens have 1 mg of radiation per daily intake. The meat from herbivores would be something like ten times that amount and carnivores would be ten times the contamination of herbivores.
We’re seeing this effect with micro plastics and fish, the higher up in the food chain a fish is, the more micro plastics they have
24 hours absolute minimum. 72 hours per most civil defence authorities. 14 days for a designed shelter in a fallout zone.
And after that, it depends on how much of society is left.
But you also have to think about the time the shelter is on standby, and that might be decades. You don’t want by the time you enter the shelter to find out there is mold everywhere, the food is all expired and the fuel tank corroded and leaked.
But in case of a radioactive catastrophe, how long would you need the bunker to last?
Depends on the type of bomb, the yield, and if it was an air burst or ground burst strike. Back in the cold war they used to say between 3 and 6 weeks but with modern nukes which have larger yields it’s actually probably less time because they are fusion based, which don’t produce as much radioactivity.
Just make sure to ignore the preppers, because they haven’t actually got a clue. One of the things they always seem to stock is hunting equipment, so they’re proposing to go hunt after a nuclear fallout event. Yeah they went won’t long.
The hunting equipment can be for other scenarios.
Financial systems breakdown, into full anarchy. I reckon a cabin in nowhere, hunting equipment and barn full of seeds would be pretty rad for that scenario.
But yeah, eating plants is better than eating animals when contamination is a risk
You don’t think those plants aren’t going to take up nuclear fallout as they grow? Or that even disturbing the soil by working it will give you plenty of exposure? Leafy greens and root crops would be the worst for exposure.
The thing is contamination pollutes upwards, so if leafy greens have 1 mg of radiation per daily intake. The meat from herbivores would be something like ten times that amount and carnivores would be ten times the contamination of herbivores.
We’re seeing this effect with micro plastics and fish, the higher up in the food chain a fish is, the more micro plastics they have
I think 2 or 3 weeks, you should wait for the government to tell you that it’s safe though
That is if the government isnt directly responsible for this.
And after that, it depends on how much of society is left.
But you also have to think about the time the shelter is on standby, and that might be decades. You don’t want by the time you enter the shelter to find out there is mold everywhere, the food is all expired and the fuel tank corroded and leaked.
Just until you die. So maybe a few decades.