megatonnen
Megatonnen is a non-SI unit of explosive yield used to express the total energy released by very large explosive devices, especially nuclear weapons. The term denotes the energy equivalent to one million tons of TNT. In numerical terms, one megaton is defined as 4.184 × 10^15 joules (about 4.184 petajoules). The plural megatonnen is used in Dutch and some other languages; in English the singular is megaton and the plural megatons.
The unit has historical prominence in the nuclear age, when yields for powerful weapons were described in
Megatonnen provide a simple energy-based comparison but have limitations. They assume the energy content of TNT
Because it is not an SI unit, megaton (and megatonnen in some languages) is primarily used in