Post on 07-Jul-2018
8/18/2019 HIROSHIMA CATASTROPHE.pptx
1/7
TOPIC: HIROSHIMA
CATASTROPHE
NAME: NURSHAHIRA BINTI
YAHAYA
MATRIC: 3123005211
8/18/2019 HIROSHIMA CATASTROPHE.pptx
2/7
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!%
8/18/2019 HIROSHIMA CATASTROPHE.pptx
3/7
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
8/18/2019 HIROSHIMA CATASTROPHE.pptx
4/7
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
8/18/2019 HIROSHIMA CATASTROPHE.pptx
5/7
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
8/18/2019 HIROSHIMA CATASTROPHE.pptx
6/7
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! $roshma to "lan for the restoraton of ts #entral area,
#overng 1% mllon s&uare meters an! a##ommo!atng an estmate! 5(,(((
"eo"le% agasa) l)e'se "ro*e#te! a ne' #ty #on#e"t that 'oul! aban!on ts ol!
'ar n!ustres
• Lon"#term Medial Care and Relief
0artme #are for #asualtes an! hos"talaton 'ere base! on natonal la's of 1942
that "rov!e! only mnmal hel" for t'o months% he ma*orty of "atents nee!ng
emergen#y #are 'ere house! tem"orarly n s#hools% A fe' +a"anese an! .%/% army
me!#al fa#ltes 'ere ta)en over for treatment of A-bomb v#tms%
8/18/2019 HIROSHIMA CATASTROPHE.pptx
7/7
Reference
•
htt":'''%atom#ar#hve%#omo#sMme!;ntro!u
#ton%shtml
• htt":
en%')"e!a%org')Atom#;bombngs;of;$roshma;an!;agasa)
• htt":*a"anfo#us%org-an!re'-!e't41