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Man attempts to build nuclear reactor

By T.K. Randall
August 4, 2011 · Comment icon 25 comments

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A man in Sweden was arrested after he was caught trying to construct a nuclear reactor in his kitchen.
The 31-year-old had undertaken the DIY project due to his interest in nuclear physics, he used radioactive material obtained from foreign companies and components scavanged from an old smoke detector. It wasn't until he contacted Sweden's nuclear power agency that he discovered that what he was doing was illegal.
A young man in Angelholm, in the South of Sweden, has been arrested after apparently trying to create a nuclear reactor in his kitchen. The young man's story appears in Helsingsborgs Dagblad, a Swedish language local paper in the area.


Source: Business Insider | Comments (25)




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Comment icon #16 Posted by King Fluffs 14 years ago
That man was an idiot.
Comment icon #17 Posted by sqmsonite 14 years ago
@TheSpoonyOne "What was the charge?" A trip to Fukushima plants to clean them up!
Comment icon #18 Posted by broke 14 years ago
resume?
Comment icon #19 Posted by -WOLF-12227- 14 years ago
Seems safe to me, I think I will make one!
Comment icon #20 Posted by Emperor470 14 years ago
i made a nuclear reactor in my room but something like chernobyl happened in my room and my room expolded.
Comment icon #21 Posted by pallidin 14 years ago
I got cancer because I was a dip-****. Not really, but you get the point, I hope.
Comment icon #22 Posted by Mike 215 14 years ago
Ths is no joke. IF this lunatic can obtain nuclear material then any terrorist can do the same and build a dirty bomb. I hope the authorities can find how this sicko was able to obtain the nuclear material. I always thought that this stuff is controlled in order to keep it out of the hands of the sickos. I guess I was wrong.
Comment icon #23 Posted by tipotep 14 years ago
Ths is no joke. IF this lunatic can obtain nuclear material then any terrorist can do the same and build a dirty bomb. I hope the authorities can find how this sicko was able to obtain the nuclear material. I always thought that this stuff is controlled in order to keep it out of the hands of the sickos. I guess I was wrong. LoL it going to take alot of old smoke detectors to make a dirty bomb TiP.
Comment icon #24 Posted by Daveisback 14 years ago
Well, you got to have a hobby these days.
Comment icon #25 Posted by IcedMFEarth 14 years ago
Sheldon Cooper probably moved to Sweden.


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