Manhattan Project physicist Louis Slotin posing with Herb Lehr besides the first nuclear bomb: The Trinity “Gadget” partially assembled, 1945 [1600×1238]
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Manhattan Project physicist Louis Slotin posing with Herb Lehr besides the first nuclear bomb: The Trinity “Gadget” partially assembled, 1945 [1600×1238]
by Electrical-Aspect-13
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Visible over on the right, strapped down, is the uranium cylinder that holds the plutonium core for inserting into the device.
[https://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/11/10/fat-mans-uranium/](https://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/11/10/fat-mans-uranium/)
Slotin was later to be one victim of the “Demon Core,” where he received a massive burst of radiation by accidentally putting the core in a critical state while manipulating its tamper with a screwdriver. He died of acute radiation poisoning within a couple of weeks.
Didnt expect so much tape.