DEVASTATION BY ATOMIC BOMBING (1) POWER OF DESTRUCTION

reproduced from

Hiroshima International Council for

Medical Care of the Radiation-exposed

A-Bomb Radiation Effects Digest 1992 (summary) page-1:

Bunkodo Co.,Ltd.(1993 issued)

Uranium 235 was used in the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, which had the power of destruction comparable to approximately 15 kilotons of TNT explosives. 50% of the energy was dissipated as bomb blast which destroyed buildings and 35% as heat rays, causing fires. 15% of the energy became radiation, robbing those who survived the blast and heat of their health.

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