Los Alamos Criticality Accident21 May 1946
Slotin receives a lethal radiation dose when a plutonium-core criticality experiment becomes briefly supercritical.
Historical person
Louis Alexander Slotin Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Louis Alexander Slotin, based on 1 World History Database records associated with Canada.
1 records1946–19461 events1 places
Chronological biography
1946
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