[simpits-tech] *boggle*

[Joseph Fagner]

You got to hand it to him, he's pretty damn ingenious to have figured that
stuff out for himself.  Surprised someone didn't give him a scholarship.

http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html

Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org
[mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Gene Buckle
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 5:12 PM
To: Simulator Cockpit tech list
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] *boggle*

> 	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.


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