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A dose of the bomb

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Measurements of high-energy neutron exposure in Hiroshima validate estimates of the amount of radiation that survivors of the atom bomb received. Can we now predict the risks of radiation more reliably?

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Figure 1: Hiroshima, October 1945.

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Little, M. A dose of the bomb. Nature 424, 495–496 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/424495a

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