'''Louis Alexander Slotin''' (1. prosince 1910 – 30. května 1946) byl kanadský [[fyzik]] a [[chemik]], který pracoval na [[Projekt Manhattan|projektu Manhattan]]. Během 2. světové války se Slotin zabýval výzkumem v [[Národní laboratoř Los Alamos|Národní laboratoři Los Alamos]]. HeProváděl performedexperimenty experiments withs [[uraniumUran|uranovými]] anda [[plutoniumPlutonium|plutoniovými]] [[pit (nuclear weapon)|corespumami]] tok determineurčení theirhodnot jejich [[criticalKritické massmnožství|kritického množství]] values. OnDne 21. Maykvětna 1946, Slotin waspři conductingexperimentu anedopatřením demonstrationinicioval when[[Štěpná hejaderná accidentallyreakce|štěpnou initiated a [[fissionjadernou reactionreakci]], which released a burst of [[hard radiation]]. He received a lethal dose of radiation and died of [[acute radiation syndrome]] nine days later. Slotin was the second person to die from a [[criticality accident]], following the death of [[Harry Daghlian]], who had been exposed to radiation by the same [[demon core|core]] that killed Slotin. Slotin was publicly hailed as a hero by the United States government for reacting quickly and preventing his accident from killing any colleagues. He was later criticized for failing to follow protocol during the experiment.
Others were injured and may have died from nuclear related exposure some years later. With the end of World War II, the work to build additional nuclear devices was less urgent, and the accident halted work for a while until increased safety protocols were implemented at Los Alamos. The incident and its aftermath have been dramatized in several fictional and non-fiction accounts.
