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The assembly that killed Slotin was supposed to be used with safety spacers to avoid this specific accident type. He would have been alive if he used them. Ferm
by orbital-decay 3y ago
The assembly that killed Slotin was supposed to be used with safety spacers to avoid this specific accident type. He would have been alive if he used them. Fermi infamously warned the physicists, including Slotin, that they will be dead within a year.