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Article: A scout and his homemade nukes.(BOOKS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 4, 2004
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Byline: Charles Rousseaux, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
It's rare for boy scouts to be radioactive - their merit badges and many good deeds make the idea of a dangerous scout as silly as Monty Python's gang of "Hell's Grannies."
But sometimes even scouts go astray. In "The Radioactive Boy Scout," Ken Silverstein tells the astonishing story of one who did, Eagle Scout David Hahn.
With a curious combination of scientific acumen and amorality, the high school student from suburban Detroit eventually managed to assemble a model breeder nuclear reactor in his mother's backyard. David was caught before anyone was poisoned or burned, although it eventually ...