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The demon core was a sphere of plutonium that was involved in two fatal radiation accidents when scientists tested it as a fissile core of an early atomic bomb. It was manufactured by the Manhattan Project, the U.S. nuclear weapon development effort during World War II.
Oct 19, 2023 · ‘The Demon Core’ was a 6.2 kg subcritical mass of plutonium core built during the 1940s to be used in nuclear weapons. The core resulted in the death of two scientists, which earned it the strange and sinister nickname.
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Apr 3, 2021 · It was August 13, 1945, and the 'demon core' was poised, waiting to be unleashed onto a stunned Japan still reeling in fresh chaos from the deadliest attacks anyone had ever seen. What happened to the nuclear bombs that weren't used?
Nov 25, 2014 · Damon Jermaine Core was a singer, songwriter and producer. He was affiliated with Warner Brothers, Ruff Nation, Philadelphia International Record Label and was the founding member of the R&B...
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Demon Core (dt. „Dämonenkern“) ist der Spitzname einer 89 mm großen, 6,2 kg schweren Plutonium-Kugel, die bei zwei Unfällen im Los Alamos National Laboratory einen überkritischen Zustand erreichte. Bei beiden Unfällen starben die auslösenden Wissenschaftler an den Folgen.
デーモン・コア（demon core）は、アメリカの核兵器開発プロジェクト「マンハッタン計画」で、初期の原子爆弾の核分裂性コアとして製造されたプルトニウムの未臨界塊である。直径89mmの球状で重量は6.2kg。
May 21, 2016 · A re-creation of the plutonium core that briefly went critical on May 21, 1946, resulting in the death of the Manhattan Project physicist Louis Slotin.
