Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 unfortunately dude went a little nuts later in life and got arrested for stealing a bunch of smoke detectors and taking them apart in an attempt to make another nuclear reactor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Originally Posted By: Master1 Wikipedia doesn't lie Originally Posted By: Wikipedia Hahn, nicknamed the "Radioactive Boy Scout", is an Eagle Scout who received a merit badge in Atomic Energy and spent years tinkering with basement chemistry which sometimes resulted in small explosions and other mishaps. He was inspired in part by reading The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments, and tried to collect samples of every element in the periodic table, including the radioactive ones. Hahn diligently amassed this radioactive material by collecting small amounts from household products, such as americium from smoke detectors, thorium from camping lantern mantles, radium from clocks and tritium (as neutron moderator) from gunsights. His "reactor" was a large, bored-out block of lead, and he used lithium from $1,000 worth of purchased[1] batteries to purify the thorium ash using a Bunsen burner.[2] --- Although his homemade reactor never achieved critical mass, it ended up emitting dangerous levels of radioactivity, likely well over 1,000 times normal background radiation. Alarmed, Hahn began to dismantle his experiments, but a chance encounter with police led to the discovery of his activities, which triggered a Federal Radiological Emergency Response involving the FBI and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. On June 26, 1995 the United States Environmental Protection Agency, having designated Hahn's mother's property as a Superfund hazardous materials cleanup site, dismantled the shed and its contents and buried them as low-level radioactive waste in Utah. Hahn refused medical evaluation for radiation exposure.[1 Well, that's a big step to go from collecting elements to trying to break them up. Maybe he wanted Technetium so bad that he decided to produce it himself (Technetium is a low proton element which cannot be found naturally in nature, but can be produced through Uranium fission (At least that's what wiki says (and yeah nested parenthesis are truly fun))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Masquerade Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Quote: Well, that's a big step to go from collecting elements to trying to break them up. Maybe he wanted Technetium so bad that he decided to produce it himself (Technetium is a low proton element which cannot be found naturally in nature, but can be produced through Uranium fission (At least that's what wiki says (and yeah nested parenthesis are truly fun))) Its a bracket, in a bracket, in a bracket... Inception Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 At first, I was going to make a macro of John McCarthy making a Yo Dawg, but then I thought, "You know what? The Internet probably has this already." And it does (not McCarthy, but still). There is meme of it. No exceptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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