Radiation Burns=Not Pretty

The Radioactive Boy Scout by Ken Silverstein

"...David's ambitions were becoming increasingly grand--and reckless.  No longer would nuclear models built from marshmallows, pill bottles, and Ping-Pong balls satisfy.  As Barbara Auito, the scoutmaster's wife and Troop 371's treasurer, later put it: 'The typical kid [interested in nuclear energy] would have gone to a doctor's office and asked about the X-ray machine.  Dave had to go out and try to build a reactor.'" (114)

For an update on what David Hahn is doing now, check out: http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2007/08/meet-david-hahn.html

(But beware--semi-gruesome facial burns caused by radiation ahead!)