plutonium bomb
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At 11:02 a.m., the moment the B-29 bomber dropped a plutonium bomb, Nagasaki survivors and other participants in the ceremony stood in a minute of silence to honor more than 70,000 lives lost.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2021
At 5:30 a.m., the plutonium bomb produced a blinding light minutes before dawn, making it the first double sunrise in history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2018
The Hiroshima hydrogen bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, and the Nagasaki plutonium bomb was dropped three days later, on August 9, 1945.
From US News ● May 10, 2016
On Aug. 9, 1945, when the United States dropped a plutonium bomb on Nagasaki, a gram of matter again flashed into energy.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2015
A new impetus for the project had emerged: fears of a shortage of uranium ore, the raw material for the production of plutonium bomb cores.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
