The Demon Core

[Webster]

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.

 

[duskpire]

You couldn't pay me any amount of money to work in the radiation industry.

 

[Uncrowned]

I’ve always been fascinated by old stories about the core and its mishandling. But they make me wonder—have such events led to limitations in modern education and school activities surrounding radiation? It seems this lack of public interaction may have contributed to widespread misconceptions and misplaced fears about nuclear power and related technologies.