David Charles Hahn (October 30, 1976 – September 27, 2016), sometimes called the "Radioactive Boy Scout" and the "Nuclear Boy Scout" was an American nuclear radiation enthusiast who built a homemade neutron source at the age of seventeen.
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. Hahn's goal was to build and demonstrate a homemade breeder reactor. While he never managed to build a reactor, in August 1994, Hahn's progress attracted the attention of local police when they found concerning material in his vehicle during a stop for a separate matter. When Hahn warned them that the material was radioactive, the police contacted federal authorities, worried that he may have an atomic bomb. His mother's property was cleaned up by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ten months later as a Superfund cleanup site. Hahn attained Eagle Scout rank shortly after his lab was dismantled.
While the incident was not widely publicized initially, it became better known following a 1998 Harper's Magazine article by journalist Ken Silverstein. Hahn was also the subject of Silverstein's 2004 book The Radioactive Boy Scout. As an adult, Hahn served in the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. He was subsequently treated for mental illness, and his death at age 39 was related to drug and alcohol use.
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Date: 30 October 1976
By ALFONSO A NARVAEZ Special to The New York Times
Alfonso NARVAEZ
NJ Atty Gen's office on Oct 29 rules that meetings of NJ Bd of Public Utility Comrs at which utility rate increase requests are discussed fall under provisions of sunshine law and public cannot be excluded (S)
Date: 31 October 1976
By HERBERT MITGANG
Herbert MITGANG
Herbert Mitgang, NY Times reporter who wrote Sept 29 article disclosing that ex-Pres Nixon, in his memoirs, blames his pol enemies for Watergate scandal, describes how he got story; discusses subsequent denial by Nixon spokesman; drawings (L)
Date: 30 October 1976
Indian Express publisher Ramnath Goenka dismisses 5 pro-Govt dirs and regains full control of newspaper (S)
Date: 30 October 1976
By BERNARD GWERTZMAN Special to The New York Times
Bernard Special
Fla Sup Ct on Oct 29 reaffirms its decision reversing contempt-of-ct conviction of reporter Lucy Ware Morgan (St Petersburg Times), who refused to disclose confidential news sources (S)
Date: 31 October 1976
By STEPHANIE HARRINGTON
Stephanie HARRINGTON
Nancy Dickerson book Among Those Present. A Reporter's View of 25 Yrs in Washington revd
Date: 30 October 1976
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
Russell Baker humorous comment on role of TV in Pres campaign
Date: 31 October 1976
Article discusses fundamental differences between Pres Ford and Jimmy Carteron issues that are likely to be paramount in next 4 yrs; details their positions on key issues
Date: 30 October 1976
Date: 30 October 1976