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Table 5 Injuries due to radiation by cities

From: Nuclear war between Israel and Iran: lethality beyond the pale

 

Prompt radiation (rad)

Fallout exposure (rem)

Scenario/City

Weapon yield (Kt)

600

300

680

300

Israeli Cities

     

- Beer Sheva

15

930

2,810

5,970

1,800

- Haifa

15

460

1,410

9,370

1,930

- Tel Aviv (double strike)

Dual 15

1,490

4,520

78,900

25,360

Iranian Single-Strike cities

- Arak

250

680

570

3,100

1,810

- Ardabil

500

920

210

3,220

1,250

- Hamadan

250

650

620

2,410

650

- Karaj

15

1,050

4,020

11,310

2,450

- Karaj

50

1,240

1,330

6,180

2,210

- Karaj

100

800

1,370

5,610

3,380

- Karaj

250

630

800

4,780

1,690

- Karaj

500

600

350

7,620

3,250

- Kerman

500

250

190

3,360

3,820

- Qazvin

100

1,310

1,280

10,340

4,840

- Rasht

500

750

230

10,000

1,190

- Reza Iyeh

500

790

250

4,480

1,370

- Yazd

250

260

350

12,210

6,960

- Zahedan

500

190

180

4,720

3,230

Iranian Multiple-Strike cities

Yield/Number of weapons

    

- Ahvaz

500 + 250

80

130

35,060

15,190

- BandarAbbas

100 × 3

620

1,060

9,500

5,820

- Esfahan

500 × 2

30

20

104,500

46,580

- Kermanshah

250 × 3

13,480

4,090

3,030

1,530

- Mashad

500 × 3

50

20

48,990

4,990

- Shiraz

500 × 2

40

60

26,230

27,620

- Tabriz

500 × 2

2,530

610

6,320

2,160

- Tehran

100 × 5

5,440

7,790

602,030

143,020

- Tehran

250 × 5

3,990

3,890

840,510

36,770

- Tehran

500 × 5

2,580

1,340

211,100

23,320