The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor

By: Ken Silverstein

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Synopsis: Throwing caution to the wind, David Hahn plunged into a new project: building a model nuclear reactor in his backyard garden shed. Posing as a physics professor, David solicited information on reactor design from the U.S. government and from industry experts. Following blueprints he found in an outdated physics textbook, David cobbled together a crude device that threw off toxic levels of radiation. His wholly unsupervised project finally sparked an environmental emergency that put his town's forty thousand suburbanites at risk. The EPA ended up burying his lab at a radioactive dump site in Utah. This offbeat account of ambition and, ultimately, hubris has the narrative energy of a first-rate thriller.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 232 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780812966602
Publisher:: Random House Publishing Group
Date of Addition:: 10/11/09
Copyrighted By:: Ken Silverstein
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature, Technology
Submitted By:: Daproim Africa
Proofread By:: Daproim Africa
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.