Berkeley, California/berkeley442
Previous | Home | NextActually, 99 (einsteium) and 100 (fermium) were first detected and identified at Berkeley from debris and coral from the first hydrogen bomb explosion, November 1, 1952, which was conducted at Eniwetok, an atoll in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The specific laboratory at Eniwetok was Elugelab, which was completely destroyed during the test (N11 40.22 E162 12.62).
