Expected Timeline after IND Detonation - Illustration

Expected timeline of effects of a 10-Kiloton Improvised Nuclear Device Detonation

• The graphic above is from the 2016 Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex to the Response and Recovery Federal Interagency Operations Plan (PDF - 3.38 MB) (US Government Interagency, 2016)
• Note: The Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex was updated in 2023. The 2023 version does not contain an equivalent timeline of expected effects of a 10-kt Improvised Nuclear Detonation.
• The text after the graphic in the 2016 Annex explains the terms in the graphic.
• See more REMM information about radiation incident timelines