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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.
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Mr. Steven Mirsky is a nuclear-mechanical engineer and licensed Professional Engineer with over 49 years of nuclear industry experience. His career has included design, engineering, safety analysis, operations, project management, auditing, supervision, management, and executive positions at two nuclear international consulting corporations (NUS and SAIC) and at two US nuclear power plant owner/licensees (VEPCO and BG&E) before joining NuScale Power. Mr. Mirsky has authored over 100 publications and 6 patents. He has worked for NuScale Power for over 13 years with the first five years as the SMR Design Certification Application (DCA) Licensing Manager responsible for the Rockville Maryland office and NRC interactions. He is currently a Senior Technical Advisor involved in advanced applications and design improvements to the NuScale SMR and in the design and deployment of the NuScale micro-reactor.
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