The so-called Demon Core was a cursed object, a 6.2 kilogram mass of plutonium intended to be installed in a nuclear weapon. Instead, slapdash experimental techniques saw it feature in several trag… ...

Following the accidents, the core would finally gain its’ name as the demon core, before being recycled down into other fissile cores. An earlier version of this article was published in May 2021 .

Three more people in the room at the time of the incident also died of radiation-induced illnesses at various points after the accident. Amazingly, the demon core was slated for use in the nuclear ...

The Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb wasn't without its own dangers. Experiments on a so-called "demon core" of plutonium caused the deaths of two Manhattan Project physicists. Both ...

The Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb wasn't without its own dangers. Experiments on a so-called "demon core" of plutonium caused the deaths of two Manhattan Project physicists. Both ...

(via Kyle Hill) In Russia in 1997, an unfortunate technician answered the question, “what would have happened if the ‘Demon Core’ was never stopped in 1946?”This episode of [HALF-LIFE HISTORIES] ...

The Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb wasn't without its own dangers. Experiments on a so-called "demon core" of plutonium caused the deaths of two Manhattan Project physicists. Both ...