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TOPIC: HIROSHIMA

CATASTROPHE

NAME: NURSHAHIRA BINTI

YAHAYA

MATRIC: 3123005211


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Introduction

• On August 6th, 1945, at 8:15 AM a B-29 heavy bomber

flyng at hgh alttu!e !ro""e! the frst atom# bomb on

$roshma% More than 4 s&uare mles of the #ty 'ere

nstantly an! #om"letely !evastate!% 66,((( "eo"le 'ere

)lle!, an! 69,((( n*ure!%


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The sources of bombingHiroshima

• +a"an refuse! the e#laraton

• hs 'oul! save the lves of hun!re!s of thousan!s of

Amer#an troo"s

• ./ 'ante! to en! the 0orl! 0ar 'th less Amer#an#asualtes%

• ./ 'ante! to test ther t'o ne' bombs


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SPREAD OF RADIATION

• he $roshma e"losons yel!e! some 2(( !fferent )n!s of ra!oa#tve

soto"es, that s, nu#lear fsson "art#les of uranum an! "lutonum thates#a"e! fsson% 3ollo'ng the e"losons, these an! other materals

rra!ate! by neutrons from the bomb, 'ere #arre! hgh nto the

atmos"here%• he mng of enormous amounts of arborne rra!ate! materals #ombne!

'th heat an! thermal #urrents from the frestorms le! to ranfall n both#tes 'thn (-4( mnutes of the bombngs% As the fallout "art#les 'ere

me! 'th #arbon res!ue from #ty'!e fres, the result 'as the a'esome

an! n*urous


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The Impact• HEALTH EFFECTS

-ar#nogeness

-mutageness

- flash burns

• ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

-/ol "olluton

-'ater "olluton

•

SOCIAL EFFECTS -#onom# !estru#ton

- loss of "olt#al lea!er


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The Action Taken

• International Committee of the Red Cross (CRC).

• Reonstr!tion

7e#onstru#ton "lan for rebul!ng 119 'ar-!evastate! #tes, n#lu!ng $roshma

an! agasa)% hs enable! $roshma to "lan for the restoraton of ts #entral area,

#overng 1% mllon s&uare meters an! a##ommo!atng an estmate! 5(,(((

"eo"le% agasa) l)e'se "ro*e#te! a ne' #ty #on#e"t that 'oul! aban!on ts ol!

'ar n!ustres

• Lon"#term Medial Care and Relief

0artme #are for #asualtes an! hos"talaton 'ere base! on natonal la's of 1942

that "rov!e! only mnmal hel" for t'o months% he ma*orty of "atents nee!ng

emergen#y #are 'ere house! tem"orarly n s#hools% A fe' +a"anese an! .%/% army

me!#al fa#ltes 'ere ta)en over for treatment of A-bomb v#tms%


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Reference

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