time2lose@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 4 days 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-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down118
arrow-up1176arrow-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.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square38linkfedilink
minus-squareAviandelight @mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·4 days agoThat whole article is fucking terrifying.
minus-squarefake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoThe ‘good’ news is that criticality incidents like this aren’t at risk of nuclear explosion or meltdown. The results are horrifying, but limited to the people in the immediate vicinity.
That whole article is fucking terrifying.
The ‘good’ news is that criticality incidents like this aren’t at risk of nuclear explosion or meltdown. The results are horrifying, but limited to the people in the immediate vicinity.