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Re:The radioactive boy scout: the teenager who attempted to ... by cubix on Saturday May 16, 2009 @02:55AM (#611979)
Apparently he was at it again in '07: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0a6_1186335230

What a shame. In the right environment, he could have done great things with his talent.

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Re:The radioactive boy scout: the teenager who attempted to ... by mynameishere on Saturday May 16, 2009 @03:17AM (#611998)
Trying to make uranium out of lithium batteries....?
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Re:The radioactive boy scout: the teenager who attempted to ... by ryanwaggoner on Saturday May 16, 2009 @04:01AM (#612005)
More likely he was trying to harvest the americium-241 from the detectors:

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=340

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