Showing posts with label Nuclear fusion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nuclear fusion. Show all posts

Jun 24, 2010

Homemade Nuclear Reactors

Aerial view of Lawrence Livermore National Lab...Image via Wikipedia



"As long as they [private citizens] obtain that material [the components of the reactor] legally, they could do whatever they want,' says Anne Stark, senior public information officer..."
Mark Suppes of New York is one among a select group of amateur physicists who have achieved nuclear fusion in a homemade nuclear reactor. A 15 year old boy from Michigan is the youngest among the 38 who have found success.

Mark Suppes is a web developer for Gucci. Building nuclear reactors is his hobby.



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