The Most Radioactive Man in History - Wood River Accident

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At exactly 6:06PM on July 24th, 1964, a 38-year-old father of nine poured what he thought was 11 liters of solvent into a mixing tank. What followed was the worst radiological accident in the US nuclear industry's history. This [HALF-LIFE HISTORY] is the true story of the Wood River Junction criticality accident. 00:00 Intro 01:07 Not Completely Satisfactory 08:02 49 Hours 12:13 The First and The Last SOURCES: Landeck, K. (2024, May 23). Was there really a nuclear explosion in Rhode Island? Here’s the story of Wood River Junction. The Providence Journal. https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/history/2024/05/21/nuclear-accident-rhode-island-wood-river-juction-united-nuclear-corporation-robert-peabody/73729191007/ Incident at Wood River Junction. (1994, October). Yankee Magazine. COMPLIANCE INVESTIGATION REPORT. (1964). https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0601/ML060130267.pdf Goans, R & Wald, Niel. (2005). Radiation accidents with multi-organ failure in the United States. BJR supplement / BIR. 27. 41-6. 10.1259/bjr/27824773. S. Karas, J., M. D., & B Stanbury, J., M. D. (1965). Fatal Radiation Syndrome From An Accidental Nuclear Excursion. New England Journal of Medicine, 272(15). https://www.osti.gov/opennet/servlets/purl/16291920/16291920.pdf MUSIC: Composed for [THE FACILITY] Meydän “Elän” Meydän “Freezing but warm” Meydän “Elk” Meydän “Away” Meydän “Deadly Isotopes” Meydän 💪 JOIN [THE FACILITY] for members-only live streams, behind-the-scenes posts, and the official Discord: https://www.patreon.com/kylehill 👕 THE INTERNET IS DEAD MERCH OUT NOW! https://shop.kylehill.net 🎥 SUB TO THE GAMING CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfTNPE8mXGBZPC1nfVtOJTw ✅ MANDATORY LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, AND TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS 📲 FOLLOW ME ON SOCIETY-RUINING SOCIAL MEDIA: 📷 https://www.instagram.com/sci_Phile/ 😎: Kyle 🎬: Charles Shattuck 🎞: Kevin Onofreo ✂: Nate Berger 📝: @adef 🤖: @clairemax 🎨: Thorsten Denk 🎼: @mey 🎹: bensound.com 🎨: Mr. Mass https://youtube.com/c/MysteryGiftMovie 🎵: freesound.org