So the story goes, before the first nuclear detonation, it was not fully agreed upon if the nuclear reaction ignite the whole of the atmosphere and destroy all

So the story goes, before the first nuclear detonation, it was not fully agreed upon if the nuclear reaction ignite the whole of the atmosphere and destroy all life on Earth. The final say before giving it a go: > "It is shown that, whatever the temperature to which a section of the atmosphere may be heated, no self-propagating chain of nuclear reactions is likely to be started. The energy losses to radiation always overcompensate the gains due to the reactions." _is likely_. https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2019/09/12/the_fear_that_a_nuclear_bomb_could_ignite_the_atmosphere.html https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2019/09/12/the_fear_th...