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  2. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia

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    He used a film crew to document the effects of the bombings in early 1946. The film crew shot 27,000 m (90,000 ft) of film, resulting in a three-hour documentary titled The Effects of the Atomic Bombs Against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The documentary included images from hospitals, burned-out buildings and cars, and rows of skulls and bones on ...

  3. Effects of nuclear explosions on human health - Wikipedia

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    The medical effects of the atomic bomb upon humans can be put into the four categories below, with the effects of larger thermonuclear weapons producing blast and thermal effects so large that there would be a negligible number of survivors close enough to the center of the blast who would experience prompt/acute radiation effects, which were observed after the 16 kiloton yield Hiroshima bomb ...

  4. Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) (Japanese:原爆傷害調査委員会, Genbakushōgaichōsaiinkai) was a commission established in 1946 in accordance with a presidential directive from Harry S. Truman to the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council to conduct investigations of the late effects of radiation among the atomic-bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [1]

  5. Radiation Effects Research Foundation - Wikipedia

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    Its major objective is to investigate the long-term effects of A-bomb radiation on causes of death and incidence of cancer. About 120,000 subjects selected from residents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki identified through the national census in 1950 have been followed since that time, including 94,000 atomic-bomb survivors and 27,000 unexposed ...

  6. I survived Nagasaki bombing – Putin has no idea of the ...

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    Both US and UK long-range missiles have subsequently been used by Ukrainian forces. ... He was just 13 when the 10,000lb atomic bomb “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, landing ...

  7. Nuclear fallout - Wikipedia

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    The officials of Ukraine had to close off an area with an 18-mile (30 km) radius. Long term effects included at least 6,000 cases of thyroid cancer, mainly among children. Fallout spread throughout Europe, with Northern Scandinavia receiving a heavy dose, contaminating reindeer herds in Lapland, and salad greens becoming almost unavailable in ...

  8. Effects of nuclear explosions - Wikipedia

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    "The General Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki." Describes effects, particularly blast effects, and the response of various types of structures to the weapons' effects. Much of the destruction caused by a nuclear explosion is from blast effects.

  9. Nuclear warfare - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear weapons are weapons of mass destruction; in contrast to conventional warfare, nuclear warfare can produce destruction in a much shorter time and can have a long-lasting radiological result. A major nuclear exchange would likely have long-term effects, primarily from the fallout released, and could also lead to secondary effects, such as ...