Ledakan Sylvania Electric Products
Tampilan
Pada pagi 2 Juli 1956, sebuah ledakan yang membawa kepingan torium terjadi di Laboratorium Metalurgi Sylvania Electric Products di Bayside, Queens, New York. Sembilan orang terluka,[1][2] beberapa sangat parah. Seorang karyawan meninggal pada 6 Agustus 1956. Para pekerja menggambarkan tiga bola api.[3]
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ "Nine Injured In Atomic Lab Blasts". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 3, 1956. hlm. 2.
- ^ "No Radiation Threat Seen In A-laboratory Blast". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. July 3, 1956. hlm. 2.
- ^ Mark Harrington, "Sad Memories of '56 Sylvania Explosion", New York Newsday, August 17, 2003, archived at the Wayback Machine, February 4, 2012.
Pranala luar
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Appendix A-2 Residual Radioactivity Evaluations for Individual Facilities
- The New York Times (July 3, 1956). "9 Injured in Blast In Atom Plant Here". p. 1, 15.
40°47′14″N 73°47′13.3″W / 40.78722°N 73.787028°W