Going Nuclear - Nuclear Science - Part 5 - Hydrogen Bombs

While the Manhatten project was working on the first fission bombs Edward Teller began working on a fusion powered 'Super' device. Fission devices were 1000 times as powerful as conventional explosives, and fusion devices could be 1000 times more powerful than the early fission devices. Background music is Tranquility Base by Kevin Macleod incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=tranq…

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