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The "Fat Man" dropped on Nagasaki wasn't 22 megatons, it was 22 kilotons. 1kt, in terms of TNT, is ~4,184,000,000,000J of energy.

Nagasaki Bomb = 22kt

22 x 4,184,000,000,000 = 92,048,000,000,000J

Modern day nuclear weapon = 50Mt

1Mt = 4,184,000,000,000,000J

50Mt = ~209,200,000,000,000,000J