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HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 05: People walk around the atomic bomb dome at the Peace Memorial Park to wish for peace on the 62st anniversary eve on August 5, 2007 in Hiroshima, Japan. The dropping of the atomic bomb by the U.S. killed an estimated 70,000 people instantly on August 6, 1945 with many thousands more dying over the following years from the effects of radiation. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, ending World War II. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 05:  People walk around the atomic bomb dome at the Peace Memorial Park to wish for peace on the 62st anniversary eve on August 5, 2007 in Hiroshima, Japan. The dropping of the atomic bomb by the U.S. killed an estimated 70,000 people instantly on August 6, 1945 with many thousands more dying over the following years from the effects of radiation. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, ending World War II.  (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)