Demon Core - The True Story

In 1946, a P-239 plutonium core scheduled for detonation-by-nuclear-bomb was harmlessly melted down and reintegrated into the United States’ nuclear stockpile. That was the end of a 14-pound metallic sphere that had killed two scientists not 11 months before. This is the true story of the Demon Core. SHOW NOTES: https://www.biomedrarebooks.com/product/300/The-Acute-Radiation-Syndrome-A-Study-of-Nine-Cases-and-a-Review-of-the-Problem-Hempelmann-Louis-H-Hermann-Lisco-and-Hoffman-Joseph-G https://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2016/05/23/the-blue-flash/ https://archive.nerdist.com/tickling-the-dragons-tail-the-story-of-the-demon-core/ https://books.google.com/books?id=_YEc6l0q3pcC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticality_accident 💪 JOIN [THE FACILITY] for members-only live streams, behind-the-scenes posts, and the official Discord: https://www.patreon.com/kylehill 👕 NEW MERCH DROP OUT NOW! https://shop.kylehill.net 🎥 SUB TO THE GAMING CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfTNPE8mXGBZPC1nfVtOJTw ✅ MANDATORY LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, AND TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS 📲 FOLLOW ME ON SOCIETY-RUINING SOCIAL MEDIA: 🐦 https://twitter.com/Sci_Phile 📷 https://www.instagram.com/sci_Phile/ 😎: Kyle ✂: Charles Shattuck 🤖: @Claire Max 🎹: bensound.com 🎨: Mr. Mass https://youtube.com/c/MysteryGiftMovie 🎵: freesound.org 🎼: Mëydan “Changes” (https://meydan.bandcamp.com/) by Meydän is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org)