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No. Most of the radiation has dissipated. It's all gone.

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Q: Is the radiation from the bomb dropped on Hiroshima still killing people today?
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What World War 2 event Did most people become victims of a new method of killing-radiation?

The only time in World War II radiation served as a weapon was the Nuclear Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The actual explosion killed thousands immediately, the radiation killed a lot more.


What did the radiation cause after the atom bomb being dropped on hiroshima?

It killed 90,000-166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000-80,000 in Nagasaki and many came with cataracts, leukimia and child defect.


What brought the Japanese surrender and the end of World War 2?

the atomic bomb being dropped by the United States on Hiroshima


How many people were killed instantly by the atomic bomb in nagasaki?

On August 6, 1945 the nuclear weapon Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima ,directly killing 80,000 people and completely destroying approximately 68% of the city's buildings.an estimated 60,000 more people died from injuries or radiation poisoning.


How many people died from the bomb that hit horishima?

100,000 people died instantly when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. 70,000 more died later from radiation sickness, burns and cancer.


When was the other times the atomic bomb was used?

The atomic bomb has only been used twice, and that was against Japan during World War II. the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, killing over 30,000 people, and three days later, another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing about 40,000 people. The Japanese surrendered the day after the 2nd bomb was dropped.


What happened on August 4 1944?

The H bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing 1000s of people.


Radiation in hiroshima?

At nine fifteen on august sixth in 1945, an atom bomb of fifteen kilotons was dropped on Hiroshima. It was detonated one thousand, eight hundred feet over the ground. The plane that dropped the bomb was the Enola Gay aircraft bomber. The same thing happened on August ninth over Nagasaki. The fatalities of Hiroshima were seventy thousand and Nagasaki forty thousand. The affects of the atomic bomb, or death-causing factors are the blast wave, thermal and nuclear radiation.


How many people died as a result of the bomb that was dropped in august 6 1949?

That event documented the first weapon using uranium. The US detonates the bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing more than 140,000 people within months. Many more later die from radiation-related illnesses. The other bomb, plutonium based was dropped over Nagasaki 3 day after that.


How many bombs were dropped on Hiroshima?

The US detonates a uranium bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing more than 140,000 people within months. Many more later die from radiation-related illnesses. The US explodes a plutonium bomb over Nagasaki. An estimated 74,000 people die by the end of 1945. Little can be done to ease the suffering of the victims who survive the blast.


Why are genetic disorders more common in Hiroshima?

because of the atomic bomb that was dropped on them... there are still traces of radiation in some areas which causes the mutation and destruction of health cells and DNA. look into it. there is a lot of information out there about the Hiroshima bombing and its effects on the habitat/people.


How many people were killed injured after the first bomb in Hiroshima was dropped?

90,000-166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000-80,000 in Nagasaki