Posted on 08/02/2011 1:54:56 PM PDT by WesternCulture
Swedish police have detained a 31-year-old man in Ängelholm in Western Sweden who was discovered after he sought advice from authorities on the legality of building a nuclear reactor in a domestic kitchen.
The man began his experiment some six months ago and has reportedly been open about his plans to construct a nuclear reactor in his apartment in the small Swedish coastal town, maintaining a blog of his nuclear adventure.
The man, who explained that his interest in nuclear physics was awakened as a teenager, ordered some radioactive material from overseas and acquired more by taking apart a domestic fire alarm.
Despite the man's frank and full disclosure of his experiment, his activities only came to the attention of the authorities a couple of weeks ago when he contacted the Swedish Radiation Authority(Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten) to inquire if it was legal to construct a nuclear reactor at home.
The man was told that somebody would be sent to measure the levels of radiation in his flat.
"When they came they had the police with them. I have had a Geiger counter and have not detected a problem with radiation," the 31-year-old told the local Helsingborgs Dagblad (HD).
The man was arrested by the police and taken in for questioning. He admitted to his plans and was later released.
He told the newspaper that had he succeeded in building a nuclear reactor, generating any power would probably have proved beyond him.
"To get it to generate electricity you would need a turbine and a generator and that is very difficult to build yourself," he told HD.
The man is reported to have spent around 6,000 kronor ($950) on his project and after all his equipment was seized in the raid, he has confirmed that in the future he intends to focus on the "theoretical" aspects of nuclear physics.
“...the legality of building a nuclear reactor in a domestic kitchen.”
The legality would have been different if it had been a commercial kitchen ?
He threw everything at it, including the kitchen sink!
So wait... I can get a functional fusion reactor up in my kitchen for a mere $1000?
Sign me up!
Cue the photo of Mr Fusion...
Reminds me of the kid at MIT who designed a nuclear bomb based on materials out in the public domain for a project. His report was censored by the government and locked away, but he got an A+.
So what was he arrested for, building something in an area that is zoned for cooking?
No, officer what you have seen in my kitchen is just all "theory" .... Hee Heee Heeee!
E-Cat?.............
I didn’t know Sweden had rednecks.........................
“Swede held for building nuclear reactor in his kitchen”
Nah, that smell is just my wife’s meatloaf!
Wasn’t this a Barney Miller episode 30 years ago?
This is a bit irritating because it looks like the guy tried to do everything above-board and legally. Why then was he arrested?
"To get it to generate electricity you would need a turbine and a generator and that is very difficult to build yourself," he told HD.
Could just get a thermoelectric generator and hook it to the hot reactor.
When a Microwave just isn’t fast enough!! LOL..... Dang it I need my Hungry Man dinner now!
Now with USB and Thunderbolt ports!
This guy cooked Beryllium on in a pot on his stove and the mixture blew up n his face?
This guy is going to die from throat/nasal/esophagus cancer.
“So wait... I can get a functional fusion reactor up in my kitchen for a mere $1000?”
I’m sure, or just go to flea markets. Hell, I know I have all the components for one down in the garage somewhere, but my wife keeps cleaning up down there and puts everything in the wrong boxes. One of these days she’s going to throw a fuel rod in a box where it doesn’t belong and BAM, we’ll all be history.
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