In 1946, a P-239 plutonium core scheduled for detonation-by-nuclear-bomb was harmlessly melted down and reintegrated into the United States’ nuclear stockpile. That was the end of a 14-pound metallic sphere that had killed two scientists not 11 months before. This is the true story of the Demon Core.
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https://www.biomedrarebooks.com/product/300/The-Acute-Radiation-Syndrome-A-Study-of-Nine-Cases-and-a-Review-of-the-Problem-Hempelmann-Louis-H-Hermann-Lisco-and-Hoffman-Joseph-G
https://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2016/05/23/the-blue-flash/
https://archive.nerdist.com/tickling-the-dragons-tail-the-story-of-the-demon-core/
https://books.google.com/books?id=_YEc6l0q3pcC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticality_accident
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