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Writer Fuel: Would a Fallout Shelter Really Protect You From a Nuclear Bomb?

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No other human-made catastrophes can wreak more destruction than a nuclear bomb. Luckily, bomb shelters and bunkers can protect us, right?

The truth is that these structures’ ability to shield people from the potent heat and blast of a nuclear bomb varies.

“It all depends on where the bunker is and the quality of the bomb,” Norman Kleiman, an associate professor of environmental health sciences and director of the Radiation Safety Officer Training course at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, told Live Science.

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