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[–]TheJamesRocket 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The cores were handled without gloves, or protection.

Really not a good idea. You should read what happened to Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin. They each performed experiments on a plutonium core, and had an accident where the core went critical. The burst of radiation was fatal in each case.