Atomic Tests Channel | OPERATION GREENHOUSE THERMONUCLEAR TESTING 1951 @Atomic_Tests_Channel | Uploaded September 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Greenhouse was a historic operation because the first thermonuclear test (GEORGE) was detonated, and a successful test (ITEM) of the boosting principle was accomplished. The 225-kiloton GEORGE proved that a mixture of deuterium and tritium (two heavy isotopes of hydrogen) could be made to fuse with energy from a fission reaction. The ITEM test verified the boosting principle for fission devices. Boosting required that deuterium and tritium be placed in the center of the device, surrounded by uranium or plutonium. When the fissioning material was imploded, the deuterium and tritium released large quantities of neutrons, which struck the special nuclear material and caused even more fissioning to take place.
Overall, Operation Greenhouse was dedicated to making lighter and more efficient weapons; obtaining offensive and defensive effects test data on animals, structures, aircraft, and tanks; and carrying out experiments on the thermonuclear challenges.
The video shows the fireballs from the four tests. Especially impressive was the GEORGE test where the mushroom cloud is seen changing from white to black, then to brown, and almost back to white again. The mushroom cloud is then shown with a huge ice cap with the stalk adorned with a white skirt coming down from the cloud.
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Greenhouse was a historic operation because the first thermonuclear test (GEORGE) was detonated, and a successful test (ITEM) of the boosting principle was accomplished. The 225-kiloton GEORGE proved that a mixture of deuterium and tritium (two heavy isotopes of hydrogen) could be made to fuse with energy from a fission reaction. The ITEM test verified the boosting principle for fission devices. Boosting required that deuterium and tritium be placed in the center of the device, surrounded by uranium or plutonium. When the fissioning material was imploded, the deuterium and tritium released large quantities of neutrons, which struck the special nuclear material and caused even more fissioning to take place.
Overall, Operation Greenhouse was dedicated to making lighter and more efficient weapons; obtaining offensive and defensive effects test data on animals, structures, aircraft, and tanks; and carrying out experiments on the thermonuclear challenges.
The video shows the fireballs from the four tests. Especially impressive was the GEORGE test where the mushroom cloud is seen changing from white to black, then to brown, and almost back to white again. The mushroom cloud is then shown with a huge ice cap with the stalk adorned with a white skirt coming down from the cloud.
#NuclearWeapons #Documentary #AtomicBomb #Atomic #Bomb #History #Science #Nuclear #Detonation #Thermonuclear #Radiation #Doomsday #Movie #Rare #Footage #HydrogenBomb #Hydrogen #Energy #Film #Entertainment #Effect #Underwater #NuclearExplosion #NuclearTesting #AlbertEinstein #Oppenheimer #LosAlamos #NationalSecurityScience
