The chances of a nuclear weapon detonating in the port of Rotterdam are said to be very small. Nuclear stockpiles are well protected and so is the biggest harbour in Europe. Containers and ships are scanned, intelligence services are diligent and keep track of suspicious activities. The Rotterdam Port Authority is one of the most advanced in the world.
That said, the terrifying events described in this report are realistic. There are over 17,000 nuclear warheads around the globe today and each is designed to do exactly this: to explode with enough force to take out entire neighbourhoods, or even whole cities. The 12 kiloton bomb ‘used’ in this report is not even a particularly big one. It is roughly the size of the bomb used in Hiroshima.
