Declassified: Exploring the Legacy of Nuclear Testing

Name: Declassified: Exploring the Legacy of Nuclear Testing
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Find out what the hundreds of nuclear devices detonated since 1945 tell us in this free online course.

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In this free course, you will learn how to:

Discuss nuclear weapons tests from 1945 to 1980
List the German scientists who discovered nuclear fission and then state the concerns about their discovery
Recall which US physicist led the Manhattan Project and the 'Trinity Test' in 1945
Describe the arms race and the treaties that have reduced the number of weapons in the world up to the present
Outline the findings of UNSCEAR on the presence of radioactive materials on the earth
State which crop was found to have 30 times more radioactivity in 1958 than pre-1945 samples
Describe the features of a nuclear explosion and the three damage zones
Explain the difference between an atomic and a thermonuclear bomb
Describe the underground Cannikin test in Alaska in 1971
Discuss whether an underground explosion causes an earthquake
State the events around the USA’s first underwater test
Recall the history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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