
The radioactive boy scout: the true story of a boy and his backyard nuclear reactor
Biography, Science and medicine biography
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Los Angeles Times investigative reporter recounts scientific experiments Detroit teenager David Hahn undertook to earn a Boy Scout merit badge in 1995. Describes how David, with textbook knowledge and information from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, built a nuclear reactor in… his family shed - and sparked an environmental catastrophe. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. For Senior High readers. c2004.