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

1. (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
• Vietnamese: Lõi Quỷ