Stanisław Ulam

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[sha:c0f576e5ab98c356] Nuclear weapon test Mike (yield 10.4 Mt) on Enewetak Atoll. The test was part of the Operation Ivy. Mike was the first hydrogen bomb ever tested, an experimental device not suitable for use as a weapo

[sha:77e32ded87c4b404] The Sausage device of Mike nuclear test (yield 10.4 Mt) on Enewetak Atoll. The test was part of the Operation Ivy. The Sausage was the first true H-Bomb ever tested, that is - the first thermonuclear

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[sha:f1e2422175a200bf] A: fission stage B: fusion stage High-Explosive lenses Uranium-238 ("tamper") Vacuum ("levitation") Tritium gas ("boosting", in blue) enclosed in plutonium or uranium hollow core Polystyrene foam Uran

[sha:0601c3cb422b211e] U.S. nuclear test "George" of Operation Greenhouse test series, 9 May 1951. The "George" shot was a "science experiment" showing the feasibility of the Teller-Ulam design concept (which would itself b

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