September 1944
Solid Core Implosion Design
Christy proposes a solid plutonium core compressed to supercritical density, simplifying the implosion concept and reducing instability problems.
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Christy proposes a solid plutonium core compressed to supercritical density, simplifying the implosion concept and reducing instability problems.
Slotin receives a lethal radiation dose when a plutonium-core criticality experiment becomes briefly supercritical.
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