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Radiation Mishap

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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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