[SunkenCiv]

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[GOPJ]

The Teller-Ulam design used atom bombs to create a temporary bottle. Pressure from the radiation of a fission bomb squashed the fuel from the outside; pressure from the explosion of a fission “spark plug” compressed the fuel from the inside. Caught in between these two nuclear anvils, the deuterium and tritium fuel was crushed, heated, and bottled up for a fraction of a second. The result was a brief burst of fusion energy: an exploding sun. However, the brevity and violence of the explosion made it suitable only as a weapon of war. To harness the power of fusion for peaceful purposes, scientists needed a much subtler kind of bottle.

Teller was hated because according to a friend associate with the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (back in 1964) Teller was the ONLY scientist who was NOT compromised by Russians... she also said the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists was a commie front organization. And since she was a commie it was believable.

[GOPJ]

The Teller-Ulam design used atom bombs to create a temporary bottle. Pressure from the radiation of a fission bomb squashed the fuel from the outside; pressure from the explosion of a fission “spark plug” compressed the fuel from the inside. Caught in between these two nuclear anvils, the deuterium and tritium fuel was crushed, heated, and bottled up for a fraction of a second. The result was a brief burst of fusion energy: an exploding sun. However, the brevity and violence of the explosion made it suitable only as a weapon of war. To harness the power of fusion for peaceful purposes, scientists needed a much subtler kind of bottle.

Teller was hated because according to a friend associated with the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (back in 1964) Teller was the ONLY scientist who was NOT compromised by Russians... she also said the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists was a commie front organization. And since she was a commie it was believable.