The Stig
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First, the device was created as an energy source and then converted into a bomb so it is logical that it would have already been "neutered" when compared to a bomb built with the initial intention of being a bomb. There's a chance that the casing could have also provided very minimal insulation.
Second, neutron bombs are designed to destroy by radiation, not by explosion. A four megaton bomb would have a blast radius (as far as destroying buildings) of less than 2 miles. Initial radiation would have been around 4 miles. Most of the initial barrage is due to ionized radiation, which can be dissipated by using depleted uranium armor plates. Those have been proven to protect humans against such detonations when used on tanks during the Cold War, so what's to say that such armor wasn't on the technologically superior Bat.
Third, it isn't any different than other logical inconsistencies because it's still just a fucking movie. Wayne recovered from a broken back in a couple of months and made his way from the Pit all the way back to Gotham in a day, with no money and no knowledge of exactly where he was. I can accept that because it's a movie. I can accept that he survived the neutron bomb because it's a Nolan movie and he has a history of leaving the audience going "Wait... how did...?"
Second, neutron bombs are designed to destroy by radiation, not by explosion. A four megaton bomb would have a blast radius (as far as destroying buildings) of less than 2 miles. Initial radiation would have been around 4 miles. Most of the initial barrage is due to ionized radiation, which can be dissipated by using depleted uranium armor plates. Those have been proven to protect humans against such detonations when used on tanks during the Cold War, so what's to say that such armor wasn't on the technologically superior Bat.
Third, it isn't any different than other logical inconsistencies because it's still just a fucking movie. Wayne recovered from a broken back in a couple of months and made his way from the Pit all the way back to Gotham in a day, with no money and no knowledge of exactly where he was. I can accept that because it's a movie. I can accept that he survived the neutron bomb because it's a Nolan movie and he has a history of leaving the audience going "Wait... how did...?"