The Radioactive Boy Scout
The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor
Ranked #95 in Nuclear Physics
Growing up in suburban Detroit, David Hahn was fascinated by science, and his basement experiments—building homemade fireworks, brewing moonshine, and concocting his own self-tanning lotion—were more ambitious than those of other boys. While working on his Atomic Energy badge for the Boy Scouts, David’s obsessive attention turned to nuclear energy. Throwing caution to the wind, he plunged into a new project: building a nuclear breeder reactor in his backyard garden shed.
In The Radioactive Boy Scout, veteran journalist Ken Silverstein recreates in brilliant detail the months... more
In The Radioactive Boy Scout, veteran journalist Ken Silverstein recreates in brilliant detail the months... more
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