Extreme DIY: Building a homemade nuclear reactor in NYC

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10385853.stm

Many might be alarmed to learn of a homemade nuclear reactor being built next door. But what if this form of extreme DIY could help solve the world's energy crisis?
By day, Mark Suppes is a web developer for fashion giant Gucci. By night, he cycles to a New York warehouse and tinkers with his own nuclear fusion reactor.

I just love the idea of having him as a neighbour, he'd be such a blast. :pac:

The_Minister

I dread the day that tinkerers get the Bomb.

funk-you

dolanbaker wrote: »

I just love the idea of having him as a neighbour, he'd be such a blast. :pac:

Boo......M!

-Funk

mikom

By night, he cycles to a New York warehouse and tinkers with his own nuclear fusion reactor.

After he's had his evening meal of Fission Chips

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Masato Shinohara, aged 40, died on the morning of April 27 in the University of Tokyo Hospital. Along with two other workers, he had been exposed to massive doses of radiation during last September's nuclear reaction at the Tokai-mura nuclear fuel processing plant. His fellow worker, Hisashi Ouchi, died of heart failure on December 21, while Yutaka Yokokawa has, for now, been released from hospital.

Shinohara remained alive for over six months, but doctors described his body as “ravaged” by radiation sickness. The final cause of death was given as multiple organ failure. Kazuhiko Maekawa, head of the intensive care unit, told the media: “I feel powerless faced with this enormous problem which was caused by human greed”.

The findings of an investigation committee established by the Nuclear Safety Commission, the official regulatory authority, demonstrate that the disaster was the direct product of the neglect of safety by the plant's owners, JCO Pty Ltd, and the Japanese government.

The three workers had been instructed to produce the enriched uranium oxide, which is required for a specialised nuclear fuel used in the experimental Joyo reactor. Over recent years, the company had slashed its staffing levels, due to falling profits. Two of the workers had never done the work before and they were not supervised by a manager or technician.

To speed up work, the company had altered a safety manual to allow workers to mix uranium oxides in steel buckets, instead of properly designed mixing tanks. JCO had not been inspected by government regulators for 10 years, on the grounds that the work it undertook posed no threat of a nuclear accident.

Spot the two words that do not belong in the same sentence

biko

Sweet, now I want one.

MayoForSam

Handy neighbour to have around if you ever ran out of charcoal for the barbie. Atomic burgers anyone?

PeterIanStaker

He'd be ok so long as you didn't fallout with him.

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PeterIanStaker wrote: »

He'd be ok so long as you didn't fallout with him.

Sir, I believe this brown crombie is yours, and here are your keys, I have taken the liberty of callin a taxi for you - good day.

Biggins

I hope this is one hobby that don't blow up in his face or his wife will go nuclear also ...and his kids ...and his neighbours ...and it might be dog gone too!

PeterIanStaker

Fitzcaraldo wrote: »

Sir, I believe this brown crombie is yours, and here are your keys, I have taken the liberty of callin a taxi for you - good day.

Ah come on, thats just Ur(anium) opinion.

toiletduck

Fair play to him. The more people working on the problem, the better.

CrazyRabbit

Building a nuclear bomb is relatively easy. Hell, there are instructions on the web, and most college students studying physics would know how to do it.

Getting the materials is the tricky bit. Oh, and handling them without getting irradiated to death.

L.Jenkins

Beats extreme face down hands down.

Nodin

The_Minister wrote: »

I dread the day that tinkerers get the Bomb.

Howye boss, d'ye want a bit a depleted uranium for the garden.....brightens it up great, so it does....