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kiloton
1. one thousand tons
2. an explosive power, esp of a nuclear weapon, equal to the power of 1000 tons of TNT

kiloton [′kilĀ·ə‚tən]
(physics)
A unit used in specifying the yield of a fission or fusion bomb, equal to the explosive power of 1000 metric tons of trinitrotoluene (TNT). Abbreviated kt.


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For the participating countries, this would equate to a potential CO2 savings of about 18 kilotonnes and savings in fuel costs of more than one million euros each year.
Most experts have estimated North Korea's claimed test had a yield of about four kilotonnes, based on data from seismographic sensors measuring shockwaves in the ground.
Russia's defence ministry said an atomic explosion at had taken place in northeastern North Korea, 0954am (0054GMT) and estimated the blast's yield to be up to 20 kilotonnes, about the same as the US bombs used against the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima at the end of World War Two.
 
 
 
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