The Bomb and its Effects At the time it was being built they didn’t quite know what to make it out of. They ended up building it out of a plutonium core. In order to make the bomb go off they had to have fission occur . Of course to have this happen, you need a large space. Thus the nickname “Fat Man” . Fat Man got its nickname for a good reason, because it weighed over 10,000 pounds, was about 130 inches long, and had a diameter of close to 60 inches (3). When the bomb detonated it would have equaled about 21 kilotons of TNT.
Many casualties happened during World War II people have estimated that close to 80 million people had died. Out of those 80 million 140,000 of them died while in the city of Nagasaki. 350,000 people lived in the
Many casualties happened during World War II people have estimated that close to 80 million people had died. Out of those 80 million 140,000 of them died while in the city of Nagasaki. 350,000 people lived in the