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“Radioactive Boy Scout”, is an American man known for having attempted to build a homemade breeder nuclear reactor in 1994, at age 17. A scout in the Boy Scouts of America, Hahn conducted his experiments in secret in a backyard shed at his mother's house in Commerce Township, Michigan. While not successful in creating a nuclear reactor, Hahn attracted the attention of local police who found radioactive materials in the trunk of his car. His mother's property was cleaned up by the Environmental Protection Agency ten months later as a Superfund cleanup site. Hahn later attained Eagle Scout rank in the Boy Scouts of America. http://www.flickr.com/photos/genin-x/4620272397/ added by: ejasun