Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. - America's First Peacetime Atom Bomb Fatality
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Description: Daghlian worked for the Manhattan Project. The site tells his story and serves as a memorial.
Harry Daghlian: America's first peacetime atom bomb fatality America's First Peacetime Atom Bomb Fatality This site is dedicated to the memory of Harry K. Daghlian, Jr., the first peacetime fatality of nuclear fission. On August 21, 1945, Daghlian was accidentally irradiated while performing a critical mass experiment at the remote Omega Site laboratory in Los Alamos, NM (Manhattan Project/Project Y), when a tungsten carbide brick fell from his hand onto a plutonium core. He died 26 days later on September 15 at the age of 24 from acute radiation sickness.
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| Page title: | Harry Daghlian: America's first peacetime atom bomb fatality |
| Keywords: | Daghlian, Harry Daghlian, Manhattan Project, atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb |
| Description: | During WWII, Daghlian worked on the development of the atom bomb in Los Alamos (Manhattan Project). One week after Japan's informal surrender, he was involved in a nuclear accident that claimed his life on Sept. 15, 1945. He was 24 years old. |
| IP-address: | 209.202.252.50 |
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| NS | Name Server: NS1.LYCOS.COM Name Server: NS2.LYCOS.COM Name Server: NS3.LYCOS.COM Name Server: NS4.LYCOS.COM |
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| Date | Creation Date: 29-sep-1994 Expiration Date: 28-sep-2014 |