Teller–Ulam design

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The Teller–Ulam design is the standard two-stage thermonuclear weapon architecture that enables the immense explosive power of modern hydrogen bombs through radiation-driven compression of a secondary fusion stage.

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Teller–Ulam design canonical 8
Ivy Mike 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf thermonuclear weapon design ⓘ
two-stage nuclear weapon architecture ⓘ
allows compact high-yield warheads ⓘ
scalable weapon yields ⓘ
alsoKnownAs staged radiation implosion design ⓘ
two-stage H-bomb design ⓘ
appliesPrinciple inertial confinement of fusion fuel ⓘ
radiation-driven compression ⓘ
basedOn fission bomb technology ⓘ
characterizedBy boosted fission primary (in many designs) ⓘ
compression of secondary by radiation pressure ⓘ
separation of primary and secondary stages ⓘ
two-stage configuration ⓘ
x-ray energy transfer from primary to secondary ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
developedFor thermonuclear weapons ⓘ
developedIn 1950s ⓘ
enables hydrogen bomb ⓘ
megaton-yield nuclear weapons ⓘ
field nuclear weapons engineering ⓘ
firstTestDate 1952-11-01 ⓘ
firstTestedBy United States ⓘ
firstTestedIn Ivy Mike ⓘ
goal increase efficiency of nuclear weapons ⓘ
maximize fusion yield ⓘ
hasPart fission spark plug ⓘ
fusion fuel ⓘ
primary fission stage ⓘ
radiation case ⓘ
secondary fusion stage ⓘ
tamper ⓘ
namedAfter Edward Teller ⓘ
Stanisław Ulam ⓘ
linked to: Stanislaw Ulam
relatedTo fission-fusion-fission weapon ⓘ
hydrogen bomb ⓘ
thermonuclear fusion ⓘ
securityStatus highly classified design details ⓘ
usedBy China ⓘ
France ⓘ
India ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
other thermonuclear-armed states ⓘ
uses radiation implosion ⓘ
staged design ⓘ

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Stanislaw Ulam → notableWork → Teller–Ulam design ⓘ
Stanislaw Ulam → coInvented → Teller–Ulam design ⓘ
Edward Teller → coDeveloperOf → Teller–Ulam design ⓘ
Enewetak Atoll → largestTestYieldLocation → Ivy Mike ⓘ
linked to: Teller–Ulam design
Castle Bravo → design → Teller–Ulam design ⓘ
Ivy Mike → design → Teller–Ulam design ⓘ
Mark 24 nuclear bomb → designType → Teller–Ulam design ⓘ
H-bomb → hasDesignPrinciple → Teller–Ulam design ⓘ
subject linked to: H-Bomb