放射性童子军
The Radioactive Boy Scout
Ken Silverstein · 初版 2004 年
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David Hahn在底特律郊区长大，从小对科学痴迷，他在地下室里做的实验——自制烟花、酿制私酒、调配自己的美黑乳液——比同龄男孩更具野心。在努力考取童子军的Atomic Energy徽章期间，David将痴迷的目光转向了核能。他不顾一切风险，一头扎进了一个全新项目：在自家后院的花园棚子里建造一座核增殖反应堆。在《The Radioactive Boy Scout》中，资深记者Ken Silverstein以生动的细节再现了David数月以来即兴进行
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你可以去读读关于“放射性童子军”的那本书：https://www.amazon.com/Radioactive-Boyscout-Story-Nuclear-Re... 不过如果我没记错的话，那些日常用品是含镅的烟雾探测器和老式钟表盘涂料里的铀。我记得他还找到了一整瓶……
You can read the book about The Radioactive Boy Scout: https://www.amazon.com/Radioactive-Boyscout-Story-Nuclear-Re... But IIRC the everyday items were smoke detectors with Americium and uranium from old painted clock dials. I think he found a full vial…
作为延伸阅读，可以看下《放射性童子军》（The Radioactive Boy Scout）。仅仅是为了了解几十年后那些信息在学术界已经变得多么丰富且唾手可得。
And, as added reading, The Radioactive Boy Scout. Just for a perspective on how abundant and readily available that information had become in academia a few decades later.
你真该读读《放射性童子军》，讲的是一个试图自制核反应堆的少年。最后环保署（EPA）的人穿着防化服拆除了他的棚屋。https://harpers.org/archive/1998/11/the-radioactive-boy-scou...
You should really read "The Radioactive Boy Scout", about a teenager who attempts to build a nuclear reactor. The EPA ends up dismantling his shed in moon suits. https://harpers.org/archive/1998/11/the-radioactive-boy-scou...
书名是《放射性童子军》（The Radioactive Boyscout）http://www.amazon.com/The-Radioactive-Boy-Scout-Backyard/dp/... 我读过这本。据我回忆，他是从烟雾报警器起步，然后一步步往上折腾的。就给一些供应商写了几封信，自称是研究人员什么的。……
The book is The Radioactive Boyscout http://www.amazon.com/The-Radioactive-Boy-Scout-Backyard/dp/... I read the book. from what I remember he started with smoke detectors and worked his way up from there. Just a few letters to some supply houses saying he was a researcher or something.…
《哈珀斯》那篇文章的作者后来还将其扩写成了一本2004年的书：https://www.amazon.com/Radioactive-Boy-Scout-Backyard-Nuclea...
The author of the Harper's piece also expanded it into a 2004 book: https://www.amazon.com/Radioactive-Boy-Scout-Backyard-Nuclea...
……来源[1]，因此我们不应该管制核材料。我只是觉得，把这个论点推导到它的逻辑终点是站不住脚的。有没有更好的重构表述方式？1. Silverstein, K. (2005). 《放射性童子军：神童与自制核反应堆的惊悚真实故事》. Turtleback Books.
…source[1] therefore we shouldn't control nuclear material. I just don't think this argument, taken to its logical conclusion, is valid. Is there a better way of reformulating it? 1. Silverstein, K. (2005). Radioactive boy scout: The frightening true story of a whiz kid and his homemade nuclear reactor. Turtleback Books.