Over the next four days, Slotin suffered an “agonizing sequence of radiation-induced traumas”, including severe diarrhea, reduced urine output, swollen hands, erythema, “massive blisters on his hands and forearms”, intestinal paralysis and gangrene. He had internal radiation burns throughout his body, which one medical expert described as a “three-dimensional sunburn.” By the seventh day, he was experiencing periods of “mental confusion.” His lips turned blue and he was put in an oxygen tent. He ultimately experienced “a total disintegration of bodily functions” and slipped into a coma. Slotin died at 11 a.m. on 30 May, in the presence of his parents. He was buried in the Shaarey Zedek Cemetery in Winnipeg on 2 June 1946.
I still can’t believe how absolutely brain dead that whole experiment was. You’re holding death at bay with a fuckin screwdriver. What did they think was gonna happen?
The worst part, after the original group died someone came along and did it AGAIN!?
It’s amazing that this was the second criticality accident with the same core, in under a year. I guess safety regulations really are written in blood and/or internal radiation burns throughout the body.
One little slip of the screwdriver:
Internal radiation burns, throughout his body.
I still can’t believe how absolutely brain dead that whole experiment was. You’re holding death at bay with a fuckin screwdriver. What did they think was gonna happen?
The worst part, after the original group died someone came along and did it AGAIN!?
It’s amazing that this was the second criticality accident with the same core, in under a year. I guess safety regulations really are written in blood and/or internal radiation burns throughout the body.