[Rockhounds] P=holes and detectors

[jerry]

interesting story
http://www.harpers.org/archive/1998/11/0059750

more info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn

Jerry
WA




>Sometimes life is stranger than fiction.
>
>If you want to know what a bright, determined teenager can do with 
>commonly-available radioactive materials, get a copy of The 
>Radioactive Boy Scout by Ken Silverstein.
>
>Synopsis: This kid built a breeder nuclear reactor in his backyard 
>potting shed... so hot it lit up the geiger counters a block away. 
>He used many, many smoke detectors, and lantern mantles, and glow in 
>the dark paint, and got all the info he needed on how to build it 
>right from the nuclear regulatory agencies... fun stuff.
>
>Fabulous book.
>
>Tim Jokela Jr.
>tjokela at execulink.com
>http://www.ontariominerals.com


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