Here's a story about a kid who basically made a duct-tape and tin foil reactor. Or almost. If it's a hoax, its a pretty good one. http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html -TD
Inspiring... :)
This was widely reported, in a major magazine article ("Atlantic Monthly," if I remember correctly) several years ago. It was also debunked.
A "reactor" made with bits of smoke detectors (Am-241) and other cruft is _not_ a reactor.
This "Tyler Durden" nym claims to be a high school physics teacher, IIRC, and also claims to have once worked in industry. The high school part I find plausible, the industry part also plausible (given some of the folks I had to work with).
And yet he posts at least a couple of credulous, recycled news stories or rumors each week.
He desperately needs to get up to speed. Maybe he can't.
--Tim May
