How does nuclear explosion affect the underwater wildlife?
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If you are talking about the tests the Americans and others did in the Pacific this is the answer.
Nuclear bombs are very efficient and leave significantly less radiation than meltdowns.
Chernobyl had nuclear fuel burning in open air for a few days. Nasty isotopes like strontium-90 and iodide-131 got in the air and fell out around the area, making dangerous.
Nukes emit very large amounts of radiation in the form of high energy neutrons at the point of the explosion, however this is not an issue a few hours later. Nasty isotopes are left behind but if underwater would flow with currents and be a minor issue for wildlife but not massive. Nothing like what Chernobyl did
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