This is due to the nature of nuclear fission used in the bulk of nuclear weapons during the Great War. Radioactive contamination is the chief delayed effect of nuclear weapons, as it results in the creation of radioactive material with half-lives that range from days to millennia. The global thermonuclear war at the terminal end of the Sino-American War transformed ionizing radiation into a very commonplace risk in the wasteland. After the war, humans can receive automated medical treatment with Auto-Docs, Sympto-matics, makeshift archways, and preventative inoculations that bolster their bodies' innate resistance to radiation. Conversely, the loosening of corporate regulations as the Resource Wars grew in intensity led to an increase in illegal dumping in various sites across the United States as a way for corporations such as Mass Fusion to increase their bottom line at the expense of the environment and the society. Even after the bombs fell, radiation is seen as a benefit by some, such as those who worship an undetonated atomic bomb in the Capital Wasteland's Megaton or those worshipping radiation as a deity within a religion known as the Children of Atom. Radioactive products were used before the war despite risks, from automobile propulsion to rocketry, fission batteries to soda, by weighing the benefits nuclear products brought to their lives. Ionizing radiation of various types was also used in a variety of medical, scientific, and military applications, and its widespread use led to the development of a variety of countermeasures to protect humans from harm, such as Rad-X or RadAway brand anti-radiation medicine. Fission products thus initially have a very high level of radiation that declines quickly, but as the intensity of radiation drops, so does the rate of decline.Ī key product of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion, radiation has been one of the primary hazards in the pre-War world, due to the proliferation of nuclear energy as a compact, cheap source of energy. Long-lived isotopes release energy over long periods of time, creating radiation that is much less intense but more persistent. Short-lived isotopes release their decay energy rapidly, creating intense radiation fields that also decline quickly.
6.1 Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics.
0 kommentar(er)
