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This is by Alex Wellerstein, who is unparalleled when it comes to writing about nuclear weapon history. His occasional blog http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/ htt
by Amorymeltzer 5y ago
This is by Alex Wellerstein, who is unparalleled when it comes to writing about nuclear weapon history. His occasional blog http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/ http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/ is an excellent read.
- nielsbot 5y agoSo crazy and dangerous. For some reason makes me think of the Demon Core accident(s), from the early days of bomb development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core
- jcims 5y agoI read this every time I see a link to it. Slotin's exposure incident really resonates with me for some reason, it plays in my head like a movie and I'm Slotin. I can just imagine ears ringing and a metallic taste in my mouth as my brain slowly comes to grips with the fact that I'm a dead man walking. (For some reason i have a stuffy nose too) The other thing I come away from this thinking is that our bodies are way better at dealing with damage from radiation than we give them credit for.
- olau 5y agoI'm left wondering if women would make for statistically better bomb putter-togetherers. If the account on Wikipedia is to be believed, it sounds like a true Darwin award with only a screwdriver separating him from certain death.
- somedude895 5y agoYou mean because women would be more careful and less inclined to show off as daredevils? That could well be. Then again you got girls using Radium as makeup [0], so who knows what way they'd find to screw up. (I'm aware they didn't know the Radium was dangerous and am mostly joking.) [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls