Image:Godiva-after-scrammed.jpg

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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
Source

from http://www.csirc.net/docs/reports/la-13638.pdf at http://www.csirc.net/library/la_13638.shtml
Date

1954 or 1955 (photo is datestamped 7-6-55)
Author

Thomas P. McLaughlin et al
Permission
(Reusing this image)
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