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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

one kiloton is defined as 10^12 cal or 10^9 kcal

even advanced single stage nukes use up only something like 60% of fissile material so for modern 20kt-ish nuke you're spot on

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Thanks! I just took the trinity test's energy release estimate and converted it.