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Atomic Bombs

Atomic bomb is an explosive device in which a large amount of energy is released through nuclear reactions. This makes an atomic bomb, more properly called a nuclear weapon, a much more powerful device than any conventional bomb containing chemical explosives. The first Atomic Bombs were used during World War 2 in 1945 by the US onto 2 Japanese cities.

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Can you grow vegetables in ground that has been affected by an atomic bomb?

Sure, you definitely can. However whether you should eat them is an entirely different question.

What name was given to the hiroshima atomic bomb?

Little Boy was the code name for the bomb that hit Hiroshima at the end of WW2.

What are the names of the scientist from the US that worked on the atomic bomb?

There were many thousands of people that worked on the project in various locations.

The scientist in charge was Robert Oppenheimer.

What was Robert oppenheimers reaction to the usage of the atomic bomb?

" If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of the nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and Hiroshima. The people of this world must unite or they will perish. " Robert Oppenheimer .

Why did Truman order the second atomic bomb to be dropped in Nagasaki?

Truman did not specifically order either the first or second atomic bombings, actual orders for them were given in the field in accordance with his order. His order to use the atomic bomb on Japan was a blanket order, to drop the bombs as soon as they became available for use unless ordered otherwise. The third bomb did not become available until Japan had announced its intention to surrender, so it was not used.

A grand total of 23 atomic bombs were scheduled for production in 1945. Had Japan not surrendered when they did Truman's original order authorized dropping them all on Japan with no more action on his part.

Who stole the secrets of the atomic bomb?

Karl Fuchs in Great Britain, Julius and Ethyl Rosenberg in the United States…

What element was used to make a atomic bomb?

either uranium or plutonium may be used in fission bombs, hydrogen and/or lithium may be used in fusion bombs.

Who dicovered the atomic bomb?

It wasn't discovered, it was invented then built. Technologies are never discovered. Only natural phenomena can be discovered.

Did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?

The moment Stimson informed him that the project to build atomic bombs existed and that Franklin D. Roosevelt had already issued orders for the Army to plan to use them on Japan, after Truman was sworn in as president following Franklin D. Roosevelt's death. Truman saw no reason to change these plans.

Why did the president that dropped the atomic bomb?

President Truman dropped two atomic bombs, the first ever created, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki because he thought that would be a good strategy to make the ever fighting Japan surrender in WW2

Why English standards are dropping?

People in Singapore are influenced by other people who talk bad English and International Countries will not understand what we are talking about as the whole sentence is improper and is just a direct translation from Mandarin, for example: 没带来 in Mandarin it means 'I did not bring it', it becomes 'Never Bring Come' in bad English.

Who orderderd the atomic bomb in World War 2?

The Americans ordered the bombers to attack Japan as they hasn't surrenderd along with Germany

Who was the president when you used the atomic bomb?

wodrow Wilson was the president that agreed to drop the atomic bomb on japan

Who coined the term atomic bomb?

The science fiction writer H. G. Wells in his 1914 novel The World Set Free. However in his book Wells did not see the atomic bomb as releasing all its explosive energy instantly, as they actually do, but releasing it instead slowly in a sustained explosion lasting minutes to hours.