Radiation Mishap

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Radiation Mishap

EVENT

Received an unintentional (or unintentionally large) dose of radiation.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Marie Curie Chemist 7-Nov-1867 4-Jul-1934 Early nuclear chemist

Harry K. Daghlian Physicist 4-May-1921 15-Sep-1945 Casualty of the Manhattan Project

Irène Joliot-Curie Physicist 12-Sep-1897 17-Mar-1956 Artificial radioactivity

Karen Silkwood Victim 19-Feb-1946 13-Nov-1974 Nuclear whistleblower

Louis Slotin Physicist 1-Dec-1910 30-May-1946 Died tickling the dragon's tail

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