Word: accidentally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nothing could be done for Technician Kelley. He had received between 6,000 and 18,000 rem (roentgen equivalent man) of radiation, at least ten times the dose that is generally considered deadly. Nine hours after the accident, Kelley became coherent enough to explain that he mistook the blue flash...
The original cause of the accident is still unknown. Presumably, enough plutonium somehow got into the tank to support a fission chain reaction. The resulting burst of radiation ionized the air and caused the blue flash. The reacting liquid probably boiled, separating the plutonium and stopping the reaction in a...
It was the third fatal radiation accident at Los Alamos, and the only one since 1946. Considering the laboratory's job (designing and making nuclear explosives), Dr. Shipman considers the record "fabulously good." People should get over the exaggerated fear of radiation, he insists. "We're going to...
Star defensemen Bill Sullivan, leading player on the Tufts squad, was involved in an automobile accident New Year's Eve and will be unable to play this afternoon. "We're back where we started from due to Sullivan's injury," Arthur said. He will start Dave Fox and Tommy Foster...
The East-West love feast that surrounds Flower Drum Song is no accident, for Rodgers and Hammerstein themselves have reached an almost Oriental serenity in an otherwise hectic and often squalid business. As much as any of their Chinese characters, R. & H. have family feeling. Since they have a permanent...