Nuclear test

Ivy Mike

1952 · 11.24° N, 162.20° E

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When
1952
Kind
Nuclear test
Coordinates
11.24° N, 162.20° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Ivy Mike.

Summary

1. November (Ortszeit): US-amerikanische Kernphysiker zünden auf dem Eniwetok-Atoll im Pazifischen Ozean die erste Wasserstoffbombe. Der Test unter dem Codenamen Ivy Mike führt nebenbei zur Entdeckung der chemischen Elemente Fermium und Einsteinium.

Ivy Mike

1952 American nuclear bomb test

Ivy Mike was the codename given to the first full-yield test of a multi-stage thermonuclear device, also known as the Teller–Ulam design. Ivy Mike was detonated on November 1, 1952, by the United States on the island of Elugelab in Enewetak Atoll, Pacific Proving Grounds, as part of Operation Ivy.

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