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Arrest of man building nuclear reactor in kitchen

Man Building Nuclear Reactor in Kitchen Arrested – William Pentland   Forbes,4 Aug 11, A Swedish man was arrested after asking authorities if his efforts to split an atom in his kitchen had been legal.For several months, Richard Handl has spent hours and hours and hours on the mother of all home hobbies – setting up a nuclear reaction in his kitchen. Handl’s hobby was hardly a secret. He published highly-detailed updates about his atomic ambitions on a personal blog, including a small meltdown Handl had created on his kitchen stove.Long after launching the project, it dawned on Handl that maybe his experiments were not legal. To find out, he asked Sweden’s Radiation Authority for advice. They sent the police who arrested Handl after discovering the radioactive elements radium, americium and uranium in his apartment in southern Sweden, according to The Daily Telegraph…Man Building Nuclear Reactor in Kitchen Arrested – William Pentland – Clean Beta – Forbes

August 5, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, Sweden