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Radiation poisoning
Radiation poisoning, also called radiation sickness or a creeping dose, is a form of damage to organ tissue due to excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. The term is generally used to refer to acute problems caused by a large dosage of radiation in a short period, though this also has occurred...
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Louis Slotin
Louis Alexander Slotin (December 1, 1910 – May 30, 1946) was a Canadian physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project.
As part of the Manhattan Project, Slotin performed experiments with uranium and plutonium cores to determine their...
Date of birth:
- Dec 1, 1910
Date of death:
- May 30, 1946 (age 35 years)
Eben Byers
Eben McBurney Byers (April 12, 1880 – March 31, 1932) was a wealthy American socialite, athlete, and industrialist. Byers earned notoriety in the early 1930s when he died from radiation poisoning after consuming a popular patent medicine made from...
Date of birth:
- Apr 12, 1880
Date of death:
- Mar 31, 1932 (age 52 years)
Harry K. Daghlian, Jr.
Harry K. Daghlian, Jr., (1921 – September 15, 1945) was an Armenian-American physicist with the Manhattan Project who accidentally irradiated himself on August 21, 1945, during a critical mass experiment at the remote Omega Site facility at Los...
Date of birth:
- 1921
Date of death:
- Sep 15, 1945 (age 24 years)
