R.L asked me to insert some numbers into my posts, so here are some numbers.

First a formula

E=(U/K0)C0
U=C0 m2
K0= same quantity as used for “m” in the calculation of “U”.
C0= a constant with a value of about 2.99792458*108 m/sec
E= energy
m=mass

If 2 kilograms (70.5479239614 ounces ) of mass is converted totally to energy the quantity of energy will be as follows:

M2=4
K0=2
U=4*299792458=1199169832
U/k=1199169832/2=599584916
E=599584916*299792458=1.7975103575e17 joules of energy or heat equivalent in watts per second.

In other words, if the atomic explosions and nuclear reactors have converted two kilograms of mass totally into energy, then the environment has received 1.7975103575e17 joules of energy. Since the energy conversion from the 2 kilograms of mass contains the value of time per second, we would need to know how fast that amount of mass was converted to energy in order to know the true effect to the (local) environment.
For instance if the energy was discharged slowly and took 49930843263156.5 hours to be released then the heat equivalent would be the same as that of a one watt light bulb burning for that length of time. If on the other hand the energy was released in sixty thousands of a second, then the heat equivalent in watts per second would be 1.0785062145e25

According to R.L.’s estimation it takes about 6*10^24 J to heat the Earth’s atmosphere and ocean by one degree, then according to R.L. all we need to do is convert 2 kilograms of mass into energy every sixty thousands of a second for a duration of one second to heat the atmosphere by one degree and have some energy left over.

I have been told that there is a measurable weight difference between the Uranium that goes into a fission reactor and the spent fuel that comes out. My assumption is that the spent fuel is less dense or lighter, not only because the fission products are lighter than the uranium that they originated from but also by the amount of mass that has been converted to energy.

The questions that arise from these calculations and assumptions then are:

1) How many tons of Uranium must be consumed in a fission reaction before two kilograms of mass have converted to energy?
2) How long will it take to convert 2 kilograms of mass into energy in a fission reaction?

3) If enough mass has already been converted into energy in the atomic explosions and nuclear reactors to heat up the atmosphere, then how come we are not feeling the effect?

One possible explanation to question number three is that the same type of a phenomenon as I mentioned about boiling water in a pot, may be happening to the atmosphere.

Once a pot of water starts boiling, the water temperature remains the same even if more heat is placed under the pot. Perhaps the atmosphere behaves in a similar fashion in that the extra energy will simply “boil” the hot molecules into space, thereby keeping the air temperature tolerable.

Problem is that these numbers and the numbers that R.L. posted have no meaning in the context of the atmosphere if we do not have FACTS that have been derived by MEASUREMENTS of the global changes in the air temperature, pressure and radioactive content.

Some info about loss of atmospheric molecules can be found here.
http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast08dec98_1.htm

Cheers
Johannes