Godiva-after-scrammed
The Lady Godiva device after the criticality accident of 3 Feb 1954. An unreflected 54Kg sphere of 93.7% pure 235U, [in the scrammed state]. The criticality excursion released 5.6x1016 neutrons and warped or broke several support structures of the device. There was no radiation exposure to workers who were 1/4 mile away controlling the experiment and there was no contamination of the area.
References
- review of criticality accidents - 2000 revision (pdf). Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (2000-05). Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
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