Demon Core

Ever heard of the “Demon Core?” Causality + criticality = DOOM!

The year: 1946. The subject: plutonium core. The occurence: Scientist fat-fingered a screwdriver and died 9 days later from radiation poisoning after the plutonium core went critical and fired a blast of neutron radiation.

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