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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.
Yu Maruyama (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Tomoyuki Sugiyama (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Asako Shimada (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Terttaliisa Lind (Paul Scherrer Institute), Ahmed Bentaib (IRSN), Martin Sogalla (GRS), Marco Pellegrini (Univ. Tokyo), Lucas Albright (Sandia), Daniel Clayton (Sandia)
Proceedings | 20th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-20) | Washington, D.C., August 20-25, 2023 | Pages 4782-4795
