# Where would the fallout of a Korean nuclear war go?

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**Created:** [March 5, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-the-fallout-of-a-korean-nuclear-war-go/159221 "2003-03-05T12:16:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-the-fallout-of-a-korean-nuclear-war-go/159221/1 "2003-03-05T12:16:29Z")

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Would it make it to the North Western USA in dangerous amounts?

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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-the-fallout-of-a-korean-nuclear-war-go/159221/2 "2003-03-05T12:43:32Z")

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No expert, but from what I remember of fallout project maps, it wouldn’t go far enough to reach us in any strength, and would likely dissapate over Japan and the Pacific.

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**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-the-fallout-of-a-korean-nuclear-war-go/159221/3 "2003-03-05T13:24:25Z")

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Not that those areas are really acceptable.