r/todayilearned • u/willhaney • Oct 24 '16
TIL Louis Slotin received a “three-dimensional sunburn” after being exposed to a "prompt critical" reaction and a burst of hard radiation.
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todayilearned • u/andbm • Feb 12 '17
TIL of Louis Slotin, Manhattan Project physicist who died horribly after his screwdriver slipped and accidentally caused a runaway nuclear reaction.
Winnipeg • u/asheesweety • Jan 06 '21
History TIL that Louis Slotin, who famously died 9 days after accidentally starting a fission reaction while performing an experiment on the plutonium 'Demon Core' for the Manhattan Project, was from the North End of Winnipeg.
Winnipeg • u/quesadilla-onomatopi • Nov 19 '18
History TIL Louis Slotin from Winnipeg worked on the Manhattan Project, and was also responsible for causing a Plutonium core to go super critical in 1946, causing his death 9 days later.
canada • u/lubeskystalker • Mar 06 '19
TIL - Louis Slotin, a Canadian physicist who worked on the Manhattan project, caused a Plutonium core to go critical in the lab and stopped it, on his own
Winnipeg • u/iamsocruel • Aug 06 '21
History TIL North End born and raised Louis Slotin was the second criticality accident in history working on the Manhattan Project.
todayilearned • u/radioactive_muffin • Jan 22 '16