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The Boy and his Breeder Reactor

Posted by chrisd on from the science-projects-that-explode dept.

scubacuda writes "Here is an interesting tale about a Boy Scout who went a little too far in trying to achieve a merit badge in Atomic Energy. From smoke alarms, lantern components, the paint from radio clocks, and a little help from the Nuclear Regulator Commission, David Hahn attempted to build a nuclear reactor in his mother's shed. Regarding his excessive radioactive exposure, Hahn says, "I don't believe I took more than five years off my life."" While this is an oldish story (1998) it is not the pathetic self congratulatory lame princeton story.

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  1. How is this "News"? by amuro98 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Must be a *real* slow news day if Slashdot has to resort to picking up stories from ~4 years ago... Didn't Slashdot cover this when it *was* news?

    Bah. At this rate Slashdot's becoming nothing more than one of those horribly outdated joke sites which contains nothing but the same old tired jokes you got forwarded in email when the internet was this "new thing."

  2. VERY OLD News is now NEW because it's now on /.!! by ScottKin · · Score: 0, Troll

    More proof that CmdrTaco and the rest of the people that manage this overblown BLOG-site collectively DO live in a Cave in West Virginia.

    Give us a break and post something relevant, like new news on Beowulf clusters matching the performance of Cray T3E Supercomputers?

    It's official - /. has begun it's downhill slide with this "news item"

    ScottKin

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    I don't give a rat's behind about "karma" here or anywhere else. Don't like what I have to say here? Deal with it!
  3. Re:Ah, the frustration of searching /. by tenman · · Score: 4, Troll
    I just got a call from Rob. basicly he said,
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    • "You pay us (VA) for the rights to publish iyr stories"
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    but the thing that really got him twisted...
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    I think his point was "We've looked at it, and we are not set up to handle such a thing. If we claimed ownership of all posting,
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    I hope this clears everything up

    hell no, it's not true... I would never give that punk malda my number :)