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Historian of science, secrecy, and nuclear weapons. Professor of STS at @FollowStevens. UC Berkeley alum with a Harvard PhD. NUKEMAP creator. Coder and web dev.

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blog.nuclearsecrecy.com
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    Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 1 Nov 2015
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    63 years ago today: The first hydrogen bomb prototype, Ivy MIKE, tested at Eniwetok Atoll — 10.4 megatons of energy.pic.twitter.com/WPL4s8Tj3W

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      2. faktoids with a k‏ @faktoids 1 Nov 2015
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        @wellerstein Are those lightnings in the black pic?

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      3. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 1 Nov 2015
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        @faktoids Yes, they are. The MIKE shot generated artificial lighting: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987JGR....92.5696C …

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      2. simon scando‏ @SCANDOY 1 Nov 2015
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        @wellerstein megatonne, a million tonnes, SI unit of mass & NOT unit of Energy

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      3. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 1 Nov 2015
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        @SCANDOYhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megaton …

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      4. simon scando‏ @SCANDOY 1 Nov 2015
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        @wellerstein no such thing as EXPLOSIVE force as Force = Mass X Accelerationpic.twitter.com/EFa7igBB22

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      1. simon scando‏ @SCANDOY 1 Nov 2015
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        @wellerstein SI unit of Energy relates energy to work & NOT to masspic.twitter.com/aqEHi8SsQ1

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      1. simon scando‏ @SCANDOY 1 Nov 2015
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        @wellerstein the relation of energy & work is a known fact since 1850 & has nothing to do with hydrogen bombpic.twitter.com/TzEhKGrpg7

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      1. simon scando‏ @SCANDOY 1 Nov 2015
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        @wellerstein In fusion, the essential process of the hydrogen bomb, the nuclei of the atoms of light elementspic.twitter.com/HcxjuxWFK0

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      1. simon scando‏ @SCANDOY 1 Nov 2015
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        @wellerstein Fusion is one of way nuclear reaction

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      1. simon scando‏ @SCANDOY 1 Nov 2015
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        @wellerstein the other way of nuclear reaction is Fissionpic.twitter.com/aePzcv2Vlq

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      1. simon scando‏ @SCANDOY 1 Nov 2015
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        @wellerstein Either way for can't have nuclear reaction without uraniumpic.twitter.com/ZGK2Kaqc3j

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      1. simon scando‏ @SCANDOY 1 Nov 2015
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        Physics! Easy @wellerstein, providing you @wellerstein know & understand elementary arithmetic; & YOU don't.pic.twitter.com/gKouKRGOSU

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      1. simon scando‏ @SCANDOY 1 Nov 2015
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        @wellerstein @AllyBrooke energy only changespic.twitter.com/EGfAStPcP4

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        @wellerstein @AllyBrooke According to British Standard Energy has nothing to do with mass or being highpic.twitter.com/3QJQWPHWTz

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      1. simon scando‏ @SCANDOY 1 Nov 2015
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        @wellerstein Explosion rocks nuclear power plant in Belgium https://goo.gl/eZ4ZPc 

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        @wellerstein @peterdaou today, Walmart running 3000 $Plug #HydrogenForklifts and making Hydrogen a new economy

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      1. Manel.DUIomaihoserem.‏ @Pointluck1 13 Nov 2015
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        @wellerstein @Alex__Calvo Many of nearby natives evaquated/transfered to other Marshal islands developed tyrode cancer years later.

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