bugorski in A Sentence

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    Anatoli Petrovich Bugorski.

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    On July 13, 1978, Bugorski was checking a malfunctioning piece of equipment.

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    Shortly after this happened, Bugorski's left half of his face swelled up beyond recognition.

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    Bugorski went on to get his PhD after this incident and worked as a scientist for many years.

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    Bugorski was a researcher at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino, working with the Soviet particle accelerator: The Synchrotron U-70.

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    As you can see from the picture, the beam entered the back of Bugorski's head and came out around his nose.

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    The beam itself measured 2000 gray as it entered Bugorski's skull and about 3000 gray when it exited on the other side.

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    Exhibit A: Anatoli Petrovich Bugorski, a Russian scientist who has the distinction of being the only person to ever stick his head in a running particle accelerator.

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    Although the skin on the part of his face and back of his head where the beam hit peeled off over the next few days and the beam had burned through his skull and brain tissue, Bugorski did not die and actually came through it all surprisingly well.

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