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That's enough radiological material
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to contaminate approximately one square mile.
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If the device were detonated in a more densely populated area of Manhattan,
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we could be looking at casualties in the tens of thousands.
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Dr. Landry?
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Most of the deaths would be from severe radiation poisoning.
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The remainder of the victims would expire from radiation induced illnesses.
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Primarily leukemia
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and other cancers.
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We also have to consider that the affected area
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would be rendered uninhabitable for approximately 40 years.
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Obviously a citywide evacuation is out of the question.