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The Blue Flash: How a careless slip led to a fatal accident in the Manhattan Project

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The Blue Flash: How a careless slip led to a fatal accident in the Manhattan Project

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TechnologyEnglish • 1 year ago

One day in Oppenheimer's Manhattan Project, a brief, casual moment of carelessness killed one scientist and severely injured another.

The Blue Flash: How a careless slip led to a fatal accident in the Manhattan Project::One day in Oppenheimer’s Manhattan Project, a brief, casual moment of carelessness killed one scientist and severely injured another.

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I thought the demon core indecent was after the Manhattan project had wrapped up? I’ll look into it further.

Edit: Yeah, it was about a year after Nagasaki. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core

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