Expected Timeline of IND Detonation - Illustration

Expected Timeline of Events for a 10-Kiloton Improvised Nuclear Device Detonation

• The graphic above is from the Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex to the Response and Recovery Federal Interagency Operations Plan (PDF - 3.38 MB) (US Government Interagency, 2016)
• It shows the expected chronologic relationship of problems following the detonation of an IND.
• The text after the graphic in the Annex explains the terms in the graphic.
• See more REMM information about radiation incident timelines