Re: Radioactive Boy Scout

[Hugh Haskell <haskell@ODIE.NCSSM.EDU>]

> Greetings,
>
> Dan Burns wrote on thursday:
>
> There was an incident where a
> > high school student collected defective detectors by the dozen and =
> removed and
> > concentrated the Americium. He did the same thing with lantern mant=
> les and Thorium
> > and tried to make a reactor. This resulted in quite a radioactive c=
> leanup problem.
> > I would avoid doing this in high school for this reason.
>
> The article he mentions is from Harper's Magazine and was published a=
> gain in the March issue of Reader's Digest, as "Tale of the Radioacti=
> ve Boy Scout."
>
> It's worth the read.
>
> Stu Leinoff
> ACC

But is it more than just an urban legend?

Hugh


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