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Atomic bomb? >> a hydrogen bomb is up to a thousand times more powerful. youll also hear the term therm nuclear. a hydrogen bomb is called a thermo nuclear bomb. its different in that it has a second stage reaction that moog fiez the force. atomic use figures or atom splitting. hydrogen bombs add fusion to produce the second much more powerful blast. ill give you a sense of how much more powerful it is. the regular atomic bomb that was dropped on hiroshima was 15 kilo tons. it has the explosive ...

Hydrogen and atomic bomb? a hydrogen bomb is up to 1,000 times more powerful. a hydrogen bomb is thermonuclear bomb. a second stage of reactions magnifies the force. here is what atomic bombs do, they use fission or atom splitting. hydrogen add fusion of atoms for a second more powerful blast. for example, the regular atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima had an explosive force of about 15,000 tons of dynamite, 15 kilo tons. hydrogen bomb has estimated force of 120,000 tons of dynamite. it is a subst...

Meters and it would be a relatively short duration of the order of an hour or so. compare that with chernobyl, which is a really serious event, where the top blew off the reactor. >> reporter: the chernobyl accident 25 years ago spewed a radioactive cloud over hundreds of miles, but its thought this is highly unlikely in japan. mainly because the japanese reactors are better protected. even so, how far could any radiation spread? the winds have been changeable, but luckily, the forecast now says...