Man arrested for building nuclear reactor in his kitchen

[Hot Mega]

The funniest line in the story:At some point, it must have occurred to the man that what he was building might not have been entirely legal, because he placed a friendly call to the Swedish Radiation Authority to see if there were any lawson the books regarding homemade nuclear reactors. Local police arrived shortly thereafter and confiscated the man's materials before placing him under arrest.

Ängelholm, a small town along the coast of Sweden, isn't the first place you'd think to look in the search for a nuclear reactor. But that's just what police in the seaside city were tasked with hunting down when one of its citizens took it upon himself to construct his own radioactive power plant right in his own kitchen.

The man, whose name has not been released, was reportedly very open about his fascination with nuclear power and with his plans to attempt the dangerous project at home, though it appears nobody took him seriously. After spending $1,000 on supplies shipped from unspecified foreign countries, the amateur reactor builder set to work, monitoring the radiation levels in his home with a Geiger counter.

Giego countinued at leak....

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/man-arrested-building-nuclear-reactor-kitchen-151239201.html

 

[CSkylar86]

Interesting...but would hate to see that thing experience a 'China Syndrome'...as w/o proper materials and systems...that core would have most likely made it to meltdown in a matter of minutes...if not seconds after it was finally pieced together. Other than that... :dunno:

 

[Hypergalaxy]

Clearly got tired of paying his electric bill

 

[enndaley]

"The Radioactive Boy Scout" built a breeder-reactor in his parent's garden shed in the 90s. He was able to get radium from old glow-in-the-dark clocks.

 

[CSkylar86]

What ever happened to Link'n Logs? :dunno:

 

[pete rose]

Sweden 2: THE UN-NEUTRALIZING

 

[MikeyK]

"The Radioactive Boy Scout" built a breeder-reactor in his parent's garden shed in the 90s. He was able to get radium from old glow-in-the-dark clocks.

I remember hearing about that.

How are these people building reactors in their homes? When officials say they are building reactors do they mean attempting to build or successfully building? A real world reactor requires a tremendous amount of materials and engineering to construct.

 

[enndaley]

I remember hearing about that.

How are these people building reactors in their homes? When officials say they are building reactors do they mean attempting to build or successfully building? A real world reactor requires a tremendous amount of materials and engineering to construct.

To be honest, I don't think the boy scout-or this current mad scientist-were actually close to having an actual nuclear reactor. The main danger is from the radioactive materials: I read the book on the scout-besides radium, he used some material from lithium batteries.

Imagine what the neighbors thought when guys in hazmat suits showed up and made a beeline for the shed! If I remember correctly, nobody was willing to say anything official-great way to calm everybody down.

 

[Hot Mega]

Reminds me of a guy I worked with some years ago who was trying to orbit a homemade rocket...

 

[enndaley]

Reminds me of a guy I worked with some years ago who was trying to orbit a homemade rocket...

If I was gonna do something like that I'd use lots of sterno-and metal garbage cans make perfect rocket boosters.

 

[Hot Mega]

If I was gonna do something like that I'd use lots of sterno-and metal garbage cans make perfect rocket boosters.

I should let you know this same egghead with more alphabets behind his name than common sense decides one day in an effort to keep up with his buddy to buy a motorcycle.

Deploring the commercialization of Harley Davidsons, he buys a Kawasiki which looks like a Harley and rides it home directly from the dealer to his bat cave where he undergoes a plan to remove the Kawasaki badge...

The egghead drains the gasoline from the tank, cleans it out with solvent then heats up the tank from the inside to melt the glue adhering the badge to the tank. Egghead removes badge successfully.

Now egghead goes to reassemble and there is a problem...a month long problem. He eventually capitulates to the bike and hauls the thing back to the dealer where they put it back together right for him.

He tells me this story after the fact...I casually look him square in the eyes and tell him he could have removed the badge in 2 mins with dental floss then used the acetone in nail polish remover to clear the tank of residual glue.

If looks could talk, he would have been screaming...:bang:
:1orglaugh

 

[bustybbwlover]

it always sucks when you get arrested for breaking a law you didn't know about

 

[StanScratch]

I have a Large Hadron collider in my bathroom, built from toothpicks, spoons and a 1982 issue of Swank. Unfortunately, it resulted in the very small black hole on the south side of my bedroom.

 

[geniemax]

I have a Large Hadron collider in my bathroom, built from toothpicks, spoons and a 1982 issue of Swank. Unfortunately, it resulted in the very small black hole on the south side of my bedroom.

:laugh:

 

[Hot Mega]

it always sucks when you get arrested for breaking a law you didn't know about

Especially when YOU make the call trying to find out how what laws are applicable to your illegal activity...:rofl2:

I have a Large Hadron collider in my bathroom, built from toothpicks, spoons and a 1982 issue of Swank. Unfortunately, it resulted in the very small black hole on the south side of my bedroom.

Now I have to disclose the existence of the hydrogen MASER I built in order to receive my translations of the Enuma Elis from Nibiru.

 

[busaguy79]

He was trying to create the 1.21 gigawatts of power to power the Delorean he had in his garage

 

[Hot Mega]

He was trying to create the 1.21 gigawatts of power to power the Delorean he had in his garage

Why? Maybe if he'd left his garage he would had discovered that 'scientist' have just concluded time travel is impossible...:o

(But they don't know what I know...:elaugh