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

Owing to its complexity, the plutonium bomb needed to be tested before there could be any attempt to use it.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

“To test or not to test the plutonium bomb was a very hot issue,” George Kistiakowsky remembered.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin