Backyard Nuclear Reactor

I just finished reading The Radioactive Boy Scout by Ken Silverstein.  It's subtitled "the true story of a boy and his backyard nuclear reactor".   Fascinating book - but frightening at the same time.  Frightening because of how close the boy was to creating a model of a nuclear breeder reactor and how it was pure dumb luck that led to his being caught.   Fascinating because it was a teenage boy who was able to get all of the radioactive chemicals he needed for his experiments.  Frightening for me, even after the fact, because many of the events took place in the town where I was living.

Highly recommended even though it had been sitting on my shelf since 2005.