time2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 2 months ago8 Rods of Pu-239 (~6kg), enough for criticality if they touched, taken by Los Alamos workers to ‘show off’ production amounts to managementlemmy.worldimagemessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down118
arrow-up1177arrow-down1image8 Rods of Pu-239 (~6kg), enough for criticality if they touched, taken by Los Alamos workers to ‘show off’ production amounts to managementlemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squaregnutrino@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThe pen’s probably fine, subcritical plutonium isn’t that radioactive and while they were certainly tempting fate with that setup they didn’t actually cause criticality as it happens.
The pen’s probably fine, subcritical plutonium isn’t that radioactive and while they were certainly tempting fate with that setup they didn’t actually cause criticality as it happens.