Unbeleivable story! Teenager/homeade Nuke Reactor....

[cmw00]

I still don't really know what to say about this story!

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

[Alicia]

It is really very scary how intelligent kids are these days, and how accessible such materials are for them.

[rkbrasse]

At least he had a passion for that stuff. I think he could have handled his interest in a more appropriate manner. I'm surprised somebody in Acedamia didn't go after this Kid. For the love of pete he built a nuclear reactor in his backyard.

[Caniac]

I'm not sure I believe that story, although I do believe it would be possible enough to do.

[Shell]

It was in the March 1999 issue of Reader's Digest and the November 1998 issue of Harper's... I think it is probably true.. and very alarming!

[Caniac]

Ok, it's probably true then.

This kid should've gotten a scholarship to some school with a Nuclear Energy program (cough cough NC State cough). He's obviously very smart, and by doing that they could have turned his passion into positive energy (no pun intended) WHILE being able to keep an eye on him.

The article said he's in the Navy, so the eye is there, but what's he doing in the Navy?

I hope he's in Nuclear Propulsion, myself.

:)

[tommy]

David Hahn is now in the Navy, where he reads about steroids, melanin, genetic codes, prototype reactors, amino acids and criminal law. "I wanted to make a scratch in life," he explains now. "I've still got time." Of his exposure to radioactivity he says, "I don't believe I took more than five years off my life."

Oh yeah, 5 years, no biggie... lol.

Very, very interesting story though. You gotta admit he's one heck of a clever guy, even if the cleverness was a bit rash.

[Turbulence]

Clever? I'd say genious.
That's truely amazing...if not a bit disconcerting. Still though, it takes an awful smart guy to be able to do that....even if he hadn't graduated High School yet.

[Shell]

along the same lines...

12-Year-Old Starts Medical School In Chicago
Boy Wants To Find Cure For Cancer
POSTED: 8:19 a.m. EDT August 25, 2003

CHICAGO -- Sho Yano heads to school with his lunch in a brown paper bag, like many other 12-year-olds across the country.

But Sho isn't in junior high. He's a first-year medical school student at the University of Chicago, where he's the youngest ever to attend one of the university's professional schools.

If he weren't also getting his PhD along with his medical degree, he'd be on course to become the youngest person to graduate from any medical school.

Sho graduated in three years from Chicago's Loyola University, summa cum laude. But for him, going to school is about learning as much as he can.

Sho says he chose medicine because he wants to help people. He says he'd like to find a treatment for cancer.