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[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 months ago

one kiloton is defined as 10^12 cal or 10^9 kcal

even advanced single stage nukes use up only something like 60% of fissile material so for modern 20kt-ish nuke you're spot on

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Thanks! I just took the trinity test's energy release estimate and converted it.

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