I have a hard time imagining an enemy worth that level of desperation.
[But he's always going to be biased against nuclear weapons. He had to live in their aftermath.]
Radiation? Put simply... [Oh, that's a promise he shouldn't have made...] It's a form of energy given off by certain naturally-occurring elements, such as radium or uranium. Radiation waves are powerful and able to pass through other types of matter, so it can be used as an energy source or in other legitimate applications.
Unfortunately, radiation is extremely harmful to all living things. Unshielded exposure damages the cells, causing burns or sickness. Extreme exposure can cause mutations, but is more often fatal. Worse yet, the energy takes a long time to dissipate, so even hundreds of years after the bombs fell on Earth, high levels of radiation are present in the ground, the water, and even the air in some places.
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[But he's always going to be biased against nuclear weapons. He had to live in their aftermath.]
Radiation? Put simply... [Oh, that's a promise he shouldn't have made...] It's a form of energy given off by certain naturally-occurring elements, such as radium or uranium. Radiation waves are powerful and able to pass through other types of matter, so it can be used as an energy source or in other legitimate applications.
Unfortunately, radiation is extremely harmful to all living things. Unshielded exposure damages the cells, causing burns or sickness. Extreme exposure can cause mutations, but is more often fatal. Worse yet, the energy takes a long time to dissipate, so even hundreds of years after the bombs fell on Earth, high levels of radiation are present in the ground, the water, and even the air in some places.
[That's as simply as he can put it.]