"The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor"
https://www.amazon.com/Radioactive-Boy-Scout-Backyard-Nuclear-ebook/dp/B000FC1AJS/ref=sr_1_2?Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=0&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.wIaf5qtTsT04VpnrgbCWvymIUBkz4YgSIAdhijLhOF8IC8-le64y8l5lGLxGXZJq.f8sy0W2QbMBxIHMZyjqcteSbNEnO8RV0EycBJOPmJYQ&dib_tag=se&qid=1783396160&refinements=p_28%3Aradioactive+boy+scout&s=books&sr=1-2&unfiltered=1
David Hahn had a tragic life after that. He served in the Navy for a bit then was medically discharged. Once a civilian again he lapsed back into his old ways and started playing with radioactive material again. He was arrested for stealing smoke detectors. When he appeared in court his face was covered in lesions and sores from radiation sickness. He died about ten years ago, just before turning forty, from a significant overdose of alcohol and fentanyl.
The guy definitely burned the candle on both ends, that's for sure.