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Atomic Bomb

A term sometimes applied to a nuclear weapon utilizing fission energy only. The atomic bomb is an explosive device that depends upon the release of energy in a nuclear reaction known as fission, which is the splitting of atomic nuclei. With a release of energy on the order of a million times greater than an equal weight of chemical high-explosive

See Fission, Nuclear Weapon.

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