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Swede Arrested For Building Nuclear Reactor

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-you're-playing-with-power dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A 31 year old Swedish male was arrested for trying to build a nuclear reactor in his apartment. He got hold of radioactive material thru mail-order purchases and from smoke detectors. Police raided his apartment after he had contacted the Swedish Radiation Authority (Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten) to inquire if it was legal to construct a nuclear reactor at home."

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  1. Now, Come On ... by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    Geez, everyone's a critic. He's just trying to send electricity back onto the grid and he probably couldn't get approval from his landlord to put solar panels on his roof.

  2. What are you in for? by TehNoobTrumpet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Prisoner 1: "I raped a bitch and killed her. What're you in for?"
    Prisoner 2: "I built a nuclear power plant in my kitchen."

    1. Re:What are you in for? by Amouth · · Score: 5, Funny

      Arlo: "Littering." And they all moved away from me on the bench
      there, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of mean nasty things, till I
      said, "And creating a nuisance." And they all came back, shook my hand,
      and we had a great time...

      --
      '...if only "Jumping to a Conclusion" was an event in the Olympics.'
    2. Re:What are you in for? by Mikkeles · · Score: 5, Funny

      Prisoner No. 6: "I am not a number!"

      --
      Great minds think alike; fools seldom differ.
  3. Re:Being arrested is no big deal... being CHARGED by SEWilco · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's the big deal about being "arrested"? Police (and others) use their power of arrest all the time. The big story will be if he is charged with something.

    He won't get a charge. Neutrons don't carry a charge.

  4. Re:The hard parts by plover · · Score: 4, Funny

    We're talking about building a kitchen table nuclear reactor, and your safety concern is that the junk-car turbo might not have been properly operated?

    I like your style!

    --
    John