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The Boyscout nuclear tinkerer dies at 39

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Not backyard science....

#1  Postby Macdoc » Nov 16, 2016 4:27 am

The Radioactive Boy Scout
When a teenager attempts to build a breeder reactor


http://harpers.org/archive/1998/11/the- ... boy-scout/

It's a really good read and too bad his talents were wasted...Icarus comes to mind

Radioactive Boy Scout” who tried to build a homemade nuclear reactor dead at 39
David Hahn, aged 17, corresponded with a top NRC official who believed he was a teacher.

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