Build Your Own Nuclear Reactor

Do you have dreams of poisoning yourself with radiation in an attempt to harness the power of the atom? Skip the uranium ore, which won’t get you where you think it will, and do what The Radioactive Boy Scout did, and make a nuclear reactor out of old smoke detectors. It’s a cautionary tale, of course, but also happens to include step-by-step instructions on how to duplicate this guy’s backyard nuclear experiments.