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"Boom" in this context I assume doesn't mean kilotons of TNT equivalent explosion, it means "criticality event resulting in the release of a lethal dose of radi
by landryraccoon 10y ago
"Boom" in this context I assume doesn't mean kilotons of TNT equivalent explosion, it means "criticality event resulting in the release of a lethal dose of radiation". At Los Alamos, Harry Daghlian was killed by the "boom" resulting from simply accidentally dropping a brick onto a core of nuclear material.
- milesokeefe 10y agoMore on that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Daghlian#Criticality_accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Daghlian#Criticality_acc...