[ RadSafe ] How many curies were involved in Hiroshima

[John Ahlquist]

I haven't read all the posts on this subject, but the question needs to be 
refined.  It is like asking "How many gallons were released?".  Gallons of what?

gasoline?
kerosene?
mercury?
Roundup [herbicide]? 
DDT?
PCB's?
water?
alcohol?
crude oil?
sewage effluent?
perfume?
etc.

Hiroshima would have lots of short-lived radionuclides.  There would be noble 
gases, various Iodine isotopes, plutonium, Cs isotopes, Sr isotopes, U, Ba-La, 
 The reactor mixtures would be enhanced in the longer-lived isotopes.  

Basically, asking for a release based only on a unit of a highly complex mixture 
isn't productive.  It should be rephrased to ask how many curies of the 
radionuclides of interest and then list those that are of interest.

John Ahlquist

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Could anyone please give me some facts on how much radioactivity
(curies) was released in: Fukushima, Hisoshima, Chernobyl