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adultinnovation · 02-08-2023, 02:03 PM

https://www.military.com/history/tic...gons-tail.html

Nearly a year had passed since the bombs exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The world knew the power of atomic weapons; the Cold War was dawning.

Yet, in Los Alamos, scientists were still "pushing uranium around with screwdrivers."

Critical assembly involves bringing two or more pieces of fissile material together to form a critical mass, the mass at which atomic chain reaction occurs.

The technique, called "tickling the dragon's tail," allowed Slotin to calculate critical mass, which would be necessary to detonate in an atomic weapon.

At that time, the screwdriver apparently slipped and the upper shell fell into position around the fissionable material. A "blue glow" appeared; a heat wave moved through the room. "Slotin lunged forward and grabbed the two hemispheres with his bare hands, ripped them apart and took the full brunt of a nuclear detonation right in his stomach," says Dr. Michio Kaku, a famous atomic scientist.

baddog · 02-08-2023, 06:21 PM

That must have been a rush.

King Mark · 02-08-2023, 06:48 PM

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MelkieWey · 02-10-2023, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Mark

Title sounded like some new drug

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we have become so carefull now

02-08-2023, 02:03 PM	#1
adultinnovation WIFE CHANGING MONEY Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: usa Posts: 5,009	tickling the dragon's tail https://www.military.com/history/tic...gons-tail.html Nearly a year had passed since the bombs exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The world knew the power of atomic weapons; the Cold War was dawning. Yet, in Los Alamos, scientists were still "pushing uranium around with screwdrivers." Critical assembly involves bringing two or more pieces of fissile material together to form a critical mass, the mass at which atomic chain reaction occurs. The technique, called "tickling the dragon's tail," allowed Slotin to calculate critical mass, which would be necessary to detonate in an atomic weapon. At that time, the screwdriver apparently slipped and the upper shell fell into position around the fissionable material. A "blue glow" appeared; a heat wave moved through the room. "Slotin lunged forward and grabbed the two hemispheres with his bare hands, ripped them apart and took the full brunt of a nuclear detonation right in his stomach," says Dr. Michio Kaku, a famous atomic scientist.

02-08-2023, 06:21 PM	#2
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02-08-2023, 06:48 PM	#3
King Mark So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 27,033	Title sounded like some new drug