The Longest Now

David Hahn! Getting more deserved publicity from the original Harper’s reporter. May this Eagle Scout live to see 30.

The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor...


Not everyone who dreams of greatness sets up a
minor nuclear chain reaction before graduating high school… in his
relative’s backyard, with home-grown gear… manages not to tell anyone
about it for a year… and, after said back yard is turned into a Superfund cleanup site, gets away with a slap on the wrist.

The Radioactive Boy Scout …