Reply #112: nothing serious. [View All]

[Sirveri]

It would if detonated deep enough under water cause no signifigant increases in surface radiation levels. At best it would kill any fish in the vicinity of the detonation. If detonated near to the surface there is a signifigant chance of causing numerous radioactive nucleids which could be carried in a steam plume. However most nucleids created would decays away too rapidly to cause any effect on land, the only notable one would be the activated sodium ions in do to Na-Cl in water. Oh and Magnesium which is also present in water can be irradiated, I don't have my chart of the nucleids in front of me right now however so I could give you any real specifics.