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1952: Detonation of First Thermonuclear Bomb at Eniwetok Atoll

1952: Detonation of First Thermonuclear Bomb at Eniwetok Atoll.

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1952: Detonation of First Thermonuclear Bomb at Eniwetok Atoll

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  1. 1952: Detonation of First Thermonuclear Bomb at Eniwetok Atoll In a reaction to the Soviet Union’s atomic bomb in 1949, President Harry Truman ordered the creation of a more powerful bomb. Father of the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, was opposed to this because he knew the Soviets would follow the United States lead. Using a model by Dr. Telller and mathematician Stanislaw Ulam, scientists created a structure in the Marshall Islands codenamed “Ivy Mike” Process: Importance: • Was 700 times more powerful than Hiroshima (10.4Megatons of TNT compared to 0.015Megatons). • Was a short-lived victory in the nuclear arms race • Sped up the arms race: the Soviet Union detonated a thermonuclear bomb the next year • The Teller-Ulam design is used in most nuclear weapons today This process is different from previous nuclear weapons because it utilized fusion reactions of lighter nuclei instead of the fission of heavier elements. On November 1, 1952 Ivy Mike was detonated on the island of Elugelab on Eniwetok Atoll creating a three mile wide fireball. Created by: Eric Pujari

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