demon core

English

Etymology

So called because of its involvement in two fatal criticality accidents at the Los Alamos Laboratory in 1945 and 1946.

Proper noun

the demon core

(historical) A spherical subcritical mass of plutonium manufactured during World War II by the United States as a fissile core for an early atomic bomb.

Translations

spherical mass of plutonium

Indonesian: Inti iblis
Japanese: デーモン・コア (Dīmon Koa)
Polish: Diabelski rdzeń
Spanish: Núcleo del Demonio m
Vietnamese: Lõi Quỷ

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