on my list of things to not try at home

[drunken_chef]

all I can say is wow!

Swede caught trying to split atoms at home - Technology & science - Science - msnbc.com

[TheSilentAssassin]

ya...definately not something I would try if I valued my life

[Furryappleseed]

"Small meltdown on his stove"...

[Skud]

"Small meltdown on his stove"...

Sounds like your typical marriage to me!

[TheSilentAssassin]

Sounds like your typical marriage to me!

Hahahahahahaha

[Dead...Again]

WOW!

Don't understand why they arrested him, though. They should have just said "No you aren't supposed to have this stuff" and confiscated it.

[mapes]

They can still drop the charges later. Maybe they wanted to send a strong message.

This is your brain. This is your brain splitting atoms

Seriously though this is not the first time this has happened. A while back some 17 year old boy scout had actually done worse. He was using americium from smoke detectors and material got by scraping watch faces to try to refine higher grade material

David Hahn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[baconoclock]

They can still drop the charges later. Maybe they wanted to send a strong message.




Seriously though this is not the first time this has happened. A while back some 17 year old boy scout had actually done worse. He was using americium from smoke detectors and material got by scraping watch faces to try to refine higher grade material

David Hahn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I remember learning about that in my physics class at college. Managed to turn his parents home into a superfund site. Love the sores due to possible radiation exposure