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20 - I finally get this darn assignment done

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20 - I finally get this darn assignment done

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During the exposition, David's parents are revealed to have divorced when he was nine.

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After all that happened, David reflects upon life. He says that all he wants in life is to be as happy as he was with his reactor.

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When testing his reactor, he measured the radioactivity of his surroundings - the area was more than one thousand times as radioactive as normal.

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After getting all of his supplies, David constructed his reactor in the potting shed in his yard. It was made with a bored-out lead block of lead, and used several radioactive materials [see entry "Rising Action - Overall Summary"].

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In the book's prologue, "men in white" - government officials - came to their small Detroit suburb because of David's reactor and the radioactive dangers it posed.

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David's parents were always very different. While his father was distant and "always in a fog", his mother was very doting despite her schizophrenia.

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One of the first memories David Hahn has is of mixing chemicals in his bathroom. He wanted a magical reaction, and didn't know the danger. He ended up with a bubbly reaction, and poured it down the toilet in fear. This may have contributed to his interest in chemistry.

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After graduating high school, David joined the Navy and was interviewed by Ken Silverstein, the author of the book.

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In 1996 (~1 year after the story), his mother committed suicide after her battles with mental illness. This, his girlfriend and his' breakup, and the dismantlement of his lab affected David so much that he rarely talked to anyone and felt like reality was falling apart.

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Heather, David's girlfriend, decided to break up with him due to his obsession over his scientific goals.

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David visits junkyards and antique shops in order to obtain clocks from the 1960's and older, which contain thorium.

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During and after the cleanup, David's mom's property is declared a Superfund hazardous materials site.

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David wants to get his Eagle Scout rank, the highest a Boy Scout can earn. He decides to make the reactor after earning his Atomic Energy merit badge.

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David wanted to collect uranium-234 and uranium-235 for his reactor, and searches the wilderness for "hot" (uranium-filled) rocks. However, he cannot find enough.

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David, in his efforts to eventually build his reactor, tricked the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) into thinking providing him information on breeder reactors.

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1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55D7qcME_no - The Infographics Show
2) https://www.theguardian.com/life/opinion/story/0,12981,1261144,00.html - The Guardian
3) https://harpers.org/archive/1998/11/the-radioactive-boy-scout/ - Harper's (Written by the author of the book)
4) https://vault.fbi.gov/david-hahn/David%20Hahn%20Part%2001%20of%2001/view - The FBI
5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfGvOEPbg04 - Joe Scott

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Dottie Pease, his neighbor, noticed eleven men crossing her lawn into the shed in David's yard.

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David Hahn, a Boy Scout from Michigan, was stated to have accidentally caused a small chemical explosion when he was younger.

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In the falling action, David went into a serious depression due to his lab's dismantlement.

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David began to collect radioactive elements such as americium (from smoke detectors), radium (from paint on old clocks), thorium (from lanterns), and tritium (from gun sights), and uranium-235 (which he decided not to use due to lack of access). His relationship with his then-girlfriend also began to fray.

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In the climax of the book, David's neutron source was found by cops after he was found apparently stealing tires from a car. When they searched the back of his own car, they found some of his radioactive materials.

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Silverstein, Ken. The Radioactive Boy Scout The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor. Paw Prints, 2008.