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The spark of the Super: Teller–Ulam and the birth of the H-bomb—rivalry, credit, and legacy at 75 years
In early 1951, Los Alamos scientists Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam devised a breakthrough that would lead to the hydrogen bomb [1]. Their design gave the United States an initial advantage in the Cold War, though comparable progress was soon achieved independently in the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.
Plutonium Futures - The Science 2024
Matthew Higginson is currently principal research scientist for actinide analysis at the AWE. He has a PhD in nuclear and radiochemistry from the University of Manchester where he completed research on actinide separations from complex matrices. Following this Matthew has worked at the AWE for over a decade with his research focusing on all aspects of radio- and analytical chemistry relating to defence and nuclear forensics. He leads and has research interests in actinide analysis, radio-analytical chemistry, nuclear forensics, and actinide materials science.
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