why splitting a tiny particle can cause such a devastating blast

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why splitting a tiny particle can cause such a devastating blast

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The stored energy in an atom’s nucleus (nuclear bomb) is a million times more than the stored energy in a chemical bond between atoms (regular bomb). Imagine one stick of dynamite, both in size and in power. Now imagine the power of one million sticks of dynamite all inside a single stick.