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Radiation poisoning victim Harry Daghlian


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24-year-old Harry Daghlian was irradiated as a result of a criticality accident that occurred when he dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a 6.2 kg plutonium–gallium alloy bomb core. This core, subsequently nicknamed the "demon core", was also involved in the death of another physicist in an accident the following year.

 

Source: http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/details/207662/

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