[simpits-tech] *boggle*

[Gene Buckle]

> 	Ever hear the tale of the guy trying to build a nuke? I dunno if it's true or
> not, but apparently some brainy physicist wanted to see if he could build a
> nuke. As the story goes, he collected the radioactive material from a bunch
> of smoke detectors and was assembling the bomb in a building in his yard.
> Then the authorities found out something was up, checked for radiation in the
> area and found it unacceptably high. Needless to say, when they found him
> they took all his nuke stuff. :) The guy guessed he took about 5 years off
> his life messing with the stuff.
>

It was a high school student that was working on building a reactor.  He
was scavenging the Americium out of the smoke detectors.

g.