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The teenager who built a nuclear reactor (sort of) in his shed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hZo5k0V9M0&feature=related

>> No.4382026

Is that radiation damage to his face?

>> No.4382032

>>4382026
quite probable. he was exposed to a lot of radiation.

>> No.4382039

>>4382026
Radiation sickness, yep. IIRC he refused to be tested for cancer.

>> No.4382043
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>>4382032
>stored radioactive material in plastic bags and tupperware

>> No.4382054

>>4382043
Well, yeah. Not to mention the fact he built a reactor in his shed

>> No.4382058

>>4382054
lol

>> No.4382062
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4382062

I had a job painting clocks with radium, and all I got was this BIG. FUCKING. TUMOR.

>> No.4382064

>>4382058
>>4382054
Speaking of which, I'm planning on doing one myself. Anyone know where/how I can get a vacuum container and pump??

>> No.4382068

i want a geiger counter.

>> No.4382070

>>4382068
Do you have a smart phone?

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>>4382070
i do

>> No.4382075

Radium emits alpha radiation.... (helium nuclei) it's blocked by skin, paper,Plastic..... Everything just about....

>> No.4382078

>>4382072
Sorry, I should have been specific:
Do you have an android/apple phone, and if so which?

>> No.4382146

>>4382020

This is one of the greatest stories that I have ever seen. All of his kids are going to have two heads and fish legs though.

>> No.4382575

>>4382020
Meanwhile, we try to prevent entire nations from developing these capabilities.

>> No.4382591

>>4382078
Not the guy you're responding to but I've got a SGS. Are you telling me that I can use it to detect radiation?

>> No.4384086

>>4382146
but fish dont have legs

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4385297

cool story bro (seriously i think its cool)

>> No.4385348

I now want to build a mini-reactor.

See you in jail, /sci/.

>> No.4385349

Didn't they make a movie based on this premise?

>> No.4385352

shittiest Bond villain ever.

>> No.4385360

what's he doing nowadays?

>> No.4385376

Lol. Atomic energy scout badge?

>> No.4385386

>>4385360
Probably in Jail.
Americunts aren't exactly welcoming of these kinds of people

>> No.4385387

I read a book about him, said he was in the navy on a submarine or something to that extent.

>> No.4385429

>>4385386

No, watch part 2 for fucks sake. He's into biochem.

>> No.4385435

>>4385429
He is on the run from General Thunderbolt Ross, though.

>> No.4385486

>>4385386
Pretty much. This is country is very anti-intellectual.

>> No.4385496

>>4385486
Except for the fact that they said he didn't do anything illegal and let him go off on his merry way.

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>>4385386
>>4385486

>> No.4385504

>>4385429
>>4385496
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn#2007_arrest

>> No.4385564

Is anyone seriously going to attempt creating a nuclear reactor?

>> No.4385593

>>4385564
One day for sure.

Sadly, this day is probably at least ~15 years in the future, in a Fallout-esque landscape.


Man, this shit would be cash.
>derp, why is your basement so big?
>why herpina, wanna see cool blue lights?
>sure, derp, sounds like fun!
>well there you go...

I would make a dead bitches' storage, all of them burned/ravaged by cherenkov radiation


>TFW perfectly adjusted to society

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>>4385593
easy on the crazy.

>> No.4386121

If I were a woman, I'd have his babies.

>> No.4386136

>>4385504
He was arrested years after he built the reactor for stealing more smoke detectors.

I liked how the dirty bomb in Source Code was modelled on Hahn's reactor.

>> No.4386142

Why does a young William Dafoe have beta burns?

>> No.4386146

Anyone get a distinct Fallout vibe from that video?