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The History of Nuclear Fusion
The idea of a fusion bomb was in fact formed at a very similar time as the idea of a fission bomb. Scientists realized that they could perhaps also use fusion. Edward Teller came up with a design in 1951, the first big test in 1952 produced the first fusion bomb of a 10 megaton yield just a few years after the war.