It was discovered in the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion in 1952 , and named after Enrico Fermi , one of the pioneers of nuclear physics . Its chemistry is typical for the late actinides , with a preponderance of the +3 oxidation state but also an accessible +2 oxidation state . Owing to the small amounts of produced fermium and all of its isotopes having relatively short half-lives , there are currently no uses for it outside basic scientific research
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