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Posted by leph555 on Jan-18-2008 11:49:

Rockwall Man Tries To Build Nuclear Reactor In Home



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ROCKWALL, Texas -- The FBI said it does not plan to file criminal charges against a Rockwall man who tried to build a small version of a nuclear reactor in his house.

The man's experiment drew the attention of federal nuclear investigators. Federal investigators searched his home, but said there was no cause for concern.



The man's family asked NBC 5 not to use his name.

The man is an out-of-work computer whiz who redesigns video games. He said he started studying physics around the eighth grade. He said he is a science buff who is fascinated by nuclear reactions and radiation.

"These things are in your tap water, you know, in the dirt," he said. "You could hold a Geiger counter up to a banana and get a count off of it."

He said he has always been curious about how things work and likes to do his own experiments.

The man decided to create a small-scale nuclear reaction in the same room he plays his video games as his latest experiment.

"People do it in universities all the time," he said. "It's just not usual that somebody does it outside of a university."

Someone alerted federal investigators after he blogged about possessing uranium and wrote that the background radiation in his home had doubled.

Rockwall police, the FBI, and officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission showed up unannounced at his home early Friday morning.

"They're just doing their job," the man said. "That's their job to come and check on stuff like that. When they left, it had been deemed that, you know, everything was within reason."

He said he doesn't plan on doing any more similar experiments.

"I think I'll keep it cool for awhile," he said.

Federal investigators said they found slightly elevated levels of radiation in the house but nothing considered dangerous. They removed the man's experiment at his parents' request.

The FBI said the agency considers the case closed.


Source: http://www.nbc5i.com/news/15017936/detail.html#


Posted by THE_Chris on Jan-18-2008 12:02:

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They removed the man's experiment at his parents' request.



Posted by tubularbills on Jan-18-2008 12:02:

i told you guys Texas was going to be "that" state this year.


Posted by Dervish on Jan-18-2008 12:20:

So what? He had some uranium? I have some in a watch of mine....

He 'planned' to make a reactor? I plan to make a time travel device.... and?

What a lot of shit.


Posted by shaw on Jan-18-2008 13:54:

wow, a story in which everyone actually seems sane!


Posted by nchs09 on Jan-18-2008 13:57:


Posted by denys envy on Jan-18-2008 14:00:

how old is this kid?

he's lucky he didn't do something wrong and irradiate himself.


Posted by Ygrene on Jan-18-2008 14:05:

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Originally posted by denys envy
he's lucky he didn't do something wrong and irradiate himself.


CLOVERFIELD MONSTER!


Posted by denys envy on Jan-18-2008 14:12:

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Originally posted by Ygrene
CLOVERFIELD MONSTER!


lol, now THAT would be badass.


Posted by DigitalPhoenix on Jan-18-2008 14:24:

Dr Evil in the making?


Posted by denys envy on Jan-18-2008 14:25:

FIYA ZE LAZER!


Posted by iammesol on Jan-18-2008 21:14:

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Originally posted by THE_Chris


I was going to post the same thing


Posted by Silky Johnson on Jan-18-2008 21:26:

I bet this guy is weird in bed.


Posted by denys envy on Jan-18-2008 21:26:

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Originally posted by jennypie
I bet this guy is weird in bed.


with his glow in the dark three cocks and five balls i bet!


Posted by Ygrene on Jan-18-2008 21:29:

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Originally posted by jennypie
I bet this guy is weird in bed.


Who knows where that Geiger counter has been?!?!!


Posted by iammesol on Jan-18-2008 21:32:

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Originally posted by Ygrene
Who knows where that Geiger counter has been?!?!!



Posted by Zoso on Jan-18-2008 21:33:

Thank god this is safer than "nook-u-lar" weapons/reactors/Iran!


Posted by Silky Johnson on Jan-18-2008 21:35:

quote:
Originally posted by Ygrene
Who knows where that Geiger counter has been?!?!!




Ahahahahahahah!



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