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TIL of the Nuclear Boy Scout. At 17 years old, David Hahn attempted to build a nuclear reactor out of household items in his backyard. The contraption released 1000x the normal background radiation on 40,000 people, leading to his arrest.
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Right into the danger zone
Now he’s in the… Navy? The one with all the nuclear-reactor powered ships? It’s like hiring a clown fetishist to work at the circus.
https://youtu.be/qav8Ma63I0E
Wonder what the future holds for him.
There is a book about him called The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor by Ken Silverstein.
Q the origin story. Poor guy deserved a medal not jail time
Here’s a sad coda: he died of alcohol poisoning
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/radioactive-boy-scout-died-of-alcohol-poisoning-not-radiation-father-says/