Why would they go critical if they touched?
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2026
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"In 2011" is the real kicker. Not in 1952 or whatever when they might not have known better.
It's only gay if the Pu-239 rods touch.
It's not gay if they say 'no homo' tho.
If not dildo why dildo shaped?
Just don't go for double penetration or you will be in for a bad time.
Actually up to seven is fine right
This was recently covered in detail on my favourite YouTube channel. Such great content, check it out: https://youtu.be/SVoo3tcYdr8
Wait, when was that?
I wasn't ready for that bit about what happened to the Japanese scientists, and gobsmacked by how long they were kept alive and their suffering recorded.
I hope they lost consciousness pretty quickly otherwise that must be a literal hell.
that article was wild. thanks for sharing
That whole article is fucking terrifying.
The 'good' news is that criticality incidents like this aren't at risk of nuclear explosion or meltdown. The results are horrifying, but limited to the people in the immediate vicinity.
The scariest part is this lack of safety culture spans multiple national labs.
In 1948, the Atomic Energy Commission—the predecessor to the Department of Energy—declassified a study on gamma radiation’s effects on the blood of workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory, a key site in the development of the atomic bomb. But the agency’s insurance branch moved to block its release. The reasoning? It could shatter employee morale and “place a powerful weapon in the hands” of attorneys, who might file a lawsuit on behalf of sick workers. By then the government had also conducted experiments in hospitals—including one near its nuclear facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee—that intentionally exposed patients to radiation without their knowledge.
jesus fucking christ
i mean the security code for US nuclear weapons was 00000000 for a very long time
https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/cybersecurity/launch-code-for-us-nuclear-arsenal-was-00000000-until-1977/ar-AA1vxdKa
anythings a dildo if you're brave enough
3.6 Roentgen. Not Great. Not Terrible.
Or interesting new way for union to management discussion...
You also saw that video about the fun accident huh?
Not a chance. OP is just another bot reposting from reddit.
I'm 99% sure the user sanitation made this account when they started getting banned from communities for spamming. And it got a lot more active after their insane LLM rant about how Lemmy needs more reddit spam.
And if they do ever leave a comment, don't be surprised when it's pro-Russian
If I ever volunteer to fight Russia in war, it will be to eliminate all their bots fucking around with my free internet.
I wonder how cursed is now that pen
The pen's probably fine, subcritical plutonium isn't that radioactive and while they were certainly tempting fate with that setup they didn't actually cause criticality as it happens.
Radiation exposure doesn't cause radioactivity
That's gotta be some sort of safety rule violation, right?
They hadn't realised yet one could be that dumb
Bloody hell have they formed a Louis Slotin cult or what
Not a sphere, not imploding, not critical. Pu don't werq lyk dat.
