Ep.23 – Tickling the Dragon's Tail: The Story of the Demon Core
In 1945, two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. But a third bomb was planned and prepared to be dropped as well. After the Japanese surrender and the end of World War 2, the plutonium core of this bomb was used in tests that physicist Richard Feynman described as like “tickling the tail of a sleeping dragon”. The events that followed would earn the item its well known nickname - the demon core.
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In 1945, two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. But a third bomb was planned and prepared to be dropped as well. After the Japanese surrender and the end of World War 2, the plutonium core of this bomb was used in tests that physicist Richard Feynman described as like “tickling the tail of a sleeping dragon”. The events that followed would earn the item its well known nickname - the demon core.
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Sources
- https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/demon-core-the-strange-death-of-louis-slotin
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFlromB6SnU
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