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Summary
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Godiva_device" class="extiw" title="w:en:Godiva device">Lady Godiva</a> 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
- <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csirc.net/docs/reports/la-13638.pdf">review of criticality accidents - 2000 revision</a> (pdf). Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (2000-05). Retrieved on <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008-02-29&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008-02-29 (page does not exist)">2008-02-29</a>.
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| current | 21:48, 5 January 2017 | | 485 × 586 (75 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>The <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Godiva_device" class="extiw" title="w:en:Godiva device">Lady Godiva</a></i> device after the criticality accident of 3 Feb 1954. An unreflected 54Kg sphere of 93.7% pure <sup>235</sup>U, [in the scrammed state]. The criticality excursion released 5.6x10<sup>16</sup> 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. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h2> <ul><li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csirc.net/docs/reports/la-13638.pdf">review of criticality accidents - 2000 revision</a> (pdf). Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (2000-05). Retrieved on <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008-02-29&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008-02-29 (page does not exist)">2008-02-29</a>.</li></ul> |
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