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 6
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 of America
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: 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
Stanislaw Ulam
surface form: Stanisław Ulam
relatedTo fission-fusion-fission weapon
hydrogen bomb
thermonuclear fusion
securityStatus highly classified design details
usedBy China
France
India
Russia
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: 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 Teller–Ulam design
this entity surface form: Ivy Mike
Castle Bravo design Teller–Ulam design
Ivy Mike design Teller–Ulam design