SCIENTISTS TOOK GREAT RISKS
(Rec. 10 p.m.) LONDON, August 8. All those who worked on the atomic bomb were in constant danger of being killed. They used rays as deadly as those of radium, and their atom-smashing machines used 10,000,000 volts of electricity to bombard the atoms. Walls of water two feet thick were built between the scientists and the machines they were using to intercept the unseen deadly atomic particles that might bounce off during the experiments. Other precautions included a periodical blood test of all scientists engaged in the experiments to see if any of them suffered the serious destruction of blood cells.
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Southland Times, Issue 25746, 9 August 1945, Page 5
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