Going Nuclear - Nuclear Science - Part 5 - Hydrogen Bombs

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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.

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