A Teenager In Michigan Once Started Building A Nuclear Reactor In The Shed

Today in 1995 was a strange day in Royal Oak, Michigan. It’s the day authorities had to stop a 17 year old who had been trying to construct a working nuclear reactor at home. Plus: today in 1909, the birthday of Elvis's controversial manager Colonel Tom Parker, The Radioactive Boy Scout (Harpers)  That Time a Teenager Built a Nuclear Reactor in His Backyard (Today I Found Out) The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley by Alanna Nash  Help us build this show as a backer on Patreon - no nuclear material necessary!