The Demon Core: One Deadly Ball of Plutonium That Killed Two Scientists

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[00:00:00]Did you know the same ball of plutonium killed two scientists in separate accidents? During the Manhattan project, researchers worked with a six-PB sphere of plutonium. They called it the demon core. In August 1945, physicist Harry Daglean was working alone at night. He accidentally dropped a brick of tungsten carbide onto the core. The room filled with blue light. Dagleian died 25 days later from radiation poisoning. Nine months later, physicist Lewis Slotton was demonstrating the core to colleagues. His screwdriver slipped. The same blue flash. Slotton died nine days later. The demon core claimed both