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He set off Geiger counters from 50 feet away — for the next 11 years. ☢️
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Science Gone WrongAug 21, 2026

He set off Geiger counters from 50 feet away — for the next 11 years. ☢️

He set off Geiger counters from 50 feet away — for the next 11 years. ☢️ . . . August 30, 1976. Harold McCluskey, 64, was standing at a glovebox at the Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant when it exploded. Americium-241 was driven into his face and lungs. Doctors gave him hours. He lived 11 more years, chelated daily, radioactive enough that visitors stood behind lead shields.

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