The source of many nightmares when I was a child was nuclear war. I imagined the bright flash on the horizon and planned how I would urge my sister and parents to jump in the swimming pool.

I believed that we would all be fine if we were underwater for a few seconds while the flames sped by overhead. At that age, I did not understand the true nature of such an attack. I could not grasp the concept of nuclear fallout...

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