Elugelab

Elugelab
Map of the Eniwetok Atoll with Elugelab in the north
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Geographical location	11 ° 40 ′  N , 162 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 11 ° 40 ′  N , 162 ° 11 ′  E

Elugelab (or Elugelap , Eluklab on the adjacent map) was an island in the Eniwetokatoll of the Marshall Islands . The island, which is around 500 meters long and half as wide , was completely destroyed on November 1, 1952 by an attempt as part of Operation Ivy to develop hydrogen bombs . The experimental set-up, named Ivy Mike , had an explosive force of 10.4 megatons of TNT equivalent , about 750 times as much as the Little Boy bomb that destroyed Hiroshima .

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  Eniwetok Atoll, before Mike explosion. Elugel can be seen on the left.

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  Eniwetok Atoll, after Mike explosion. Crater can be seen on the left.

See also

• Nuclear fusion
• Ivy Mike
• Operation Ivy (nuclear test)
• Nuclear fission

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kenneth W. Ford: Building the H Bomb - A Personal History. Singapore: World Scientific 2015, ISBN 978-9814632072 , page 177
2. Jump up ↑ In Mortal Hands, A Cautionary History of the Nuclear Age, by Stephanie Cooke, Bloomsbury, New York, 2009, p. 103.
3. ^ Soviets Stole Bomb Idea From US, Book Says . In: The New York Times , December 30, 2008. Retrieved December 29, 2008. 

Web links

• "Mike" test on PBS