I wonder if anyone has made a 3D printer file for this box. It'd make a fun lunch pail and conversation starter at work.
#OTD: July 28, 1945, the plutonium core for Fat Man bomb arrived at Tinian in a custom-made, bright yellow box. http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/03/28/plutonium-box/ …pic.twitter.com/bhABVMHR3U
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I know of at least one person who has made a decent replica. I don't think it is 3D printed though.
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Was that the piece carried by the ill fated USS Indianapolis?
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No, that was part of the Little Boy core (the projectile piece). The FM core and the rest of the LB core were sent via C-54 cargo planes.
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Those gentlemen then got leukaemia rather quickly i am guessing.
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Don't know about guy on left but guy on right (Luis Alvarez) lived to be 77. Stable, alloyed, plated Pu in a box not a serious cancer risk.
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Awesome!
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Was that the box welded to the hull of the USS Indianapolis?
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No, that was part of the Little Boy bomb. Fat Man core was brought by plane.
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Ahhhh, thank you.
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Interesting how basic security brassards (black arm band) appeared in 1945. I've read those cases also contained the core's Po-210 initiator
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They look so calm!
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