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He was actually at Los Alamos, he was trained as a chemical engineer; it’s hard to imagine he didn’t get invited to see the demon core and other fun stuff, or o
by SamReidHughes 7y ago
He was actually at Los Alamos, he was trained as a chemical engineer; it’s hard to imagine he didn’t get invited to see the demon core and other fun stuff, or otherwise breathe in some particles.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoYes, especially at a time when they were quite nonchalant about safety.
- pfdietz 7y agoSo, you think being in the room with the "demon core" was dangerous even when it wasn't being used? The radiation from it in a non-critical state would have been very small. If he had been there during a criticality accident it would have been recorded. I think you're just waving your hands here because you have no evidence to support the claim.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoUm, yeah, I stated all the evidence at hand. If you’re looking for a strong convincing case, I ain’t giving one. And the likely cause wouldn’t be some gamma rays, it’d be from ingesting radioactive or chemically harmful matter.
- pfdietz 7y agoSo, your theory is he licked that plutonium sphere when he was in there? Sounds legit!
- SamReidHughes 7y agoThe argument is that it's plausible, not certain.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoEveryone (and many family members) working at SSFL 15 years later died early of contamination. They were careless in those days. Probably had a few buckets of the stuff laying around like at the Grand Canyon gift shop.