The Most Radioactive Man in History - Wood River Accident
Kyle Hill
Sep 27, 2025 17:30
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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.
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
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