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Re:Possibility of explosion at Arkema chemical plant near Ho... by ars on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @11:17PM (#15137923)
The Hiroshima bomb only weighed about 10,000lb.

I suspect this site has a LOT more material than that.

Nuclear bombs don't have a monopoly on large explosions - their claim to fame is how light the bomb can be, not how large the explosion.

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Re:Possibility of explosion at Arkema chemical plant near Ho... by tyingq on Thursday August 31, 2017 @12:01AM (#15138077)
>Nuclear bombs don't have a monopoly on large explosions

I get what you mean in relation to the Hiroshima bomb, but they do have a monopoly at some value of "large". All of the bombs exploded in WWII added up to about a 3 megaton TNT equivalent. There have been single thermonuclear weapons with roughly 10x that amount or more.

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