Original data used by Japan to identify Hiroshima A-bomb found

Photo taken at the Kyoto University Museum in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 26, 2015, shows original copies of handwritten documents based on a survey of Hiroshima immediately after the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city in 1945, including graphs showing the measurements of radioactive rays from soil samples collected. They were found from among personal belongings of the late Kyoto Imperial University physics professor Bunsaku Arakatsu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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