What was the most enthusiastic thing you've done in your youth? Did you finish it?

Government: Aren't you a little young to be making a Nuclear Reactor? This guy: Yes, yes i am.

0:33 “you certainly can’t buy one online.” *laughs in deep web*

He didn’t try to build a Nuclear Reactor, he DID build a Nuclear Reactor.

Ok scouts, what did you accomplish? I learned how to tie a rope I learned how to make a fire *_I built a nuclear reactor_*

That was a sad video.. His lab got shut down and he lost all his hard work. Then he became depressed and became a alcoholic. Then he died from drinking too much alcohol. He didn't become a nuclear physicist, and he didn't get to finish his reactor. He also become a outcast that everyone feared.. So sad. Poor guy. I hope someone completes his dream someday and builds a mini nuclear reactor in his name.

So sad that he was in an education system that failed to see or engage with his potential.

This kid was a real life Jimmy Neutron.

Boy: *Becomes a young nuclear scientist* Government: *im about to end this man whole carrier*

That kid is badass!

Illegal and dangerous? Sure. But I can at least admire his determination.

Intelligence teaches you how to built a nuclear reactor in your backyard. Wisdom tells you not to build a nuclear reactor in your backyard.

That moment when alcohol was more dangerous than standing in a tiny shed with radioactive chemicals

Phineas and Ferb is that you?

Shy, *But has a Girlfriend*. *Cries at Corner*

He managed to do all that without internet and at his age. I guess that determination knows no boundaries.

Such a shame. What a brilliant mind. From a boy who dreamed to get his atomic Boy Scouts badge, to building a nuclear reactor in his backyard, then wanting to become a nuclear engineer, and wanted to build great things for this world. But, his wonderful dream ended up getting shut down, was shunned by his headteacher, developed serious depression, and did other things elsewhere. His depression is what probably lead to his alcohol poisoning and his fate. I’ll be honest, it angers me how most just shut his dreams down and didn’t give credit where it was so rightfully due. Brilliant Backyard Engineer, and Aspiring Nuclear Engineer, David Hahn, you will be greatly missed.

Feel bad for the guy

Dang, how sad. Imagine the places this guy could’ve gone.

If...this was China....he would be put to work on nuclear program immediately...whether for power plant or military purpose. Such a sad and stupid ending.

Google: "help i accidentally build a Nuclear Reactor in my Backyard"

RIP Jimmy Neutron 1977-2016

and his grandsons, Phineas and Ferb, finished what he had started.

literally everybody: "You can't just build a nuclear reactor just like that!" that one kid: "hold my apple juice"

The real life Phineas and Ferb. It was devastating for him to lose years of hard work. Maybe in an alternate universe, he was never caught or seen by the police and he'd finish the nuclear reactor and be happy with it.

This kid is the closest thing to tony stark we are going to get

As a Boy Scout, I believe that THIS MAN IS A LEGEND!

David’s mom: “where’s all the clocks, lanterns, and smoke detectors” David: “ummmmmmmmmmm”

and he did this WITHOUT the internet!

"Goddammit David. We had this talk before."

Moral of the story is DONT GET CAUGHT!

Builds a Nuclear Reactor Everybody else at the Boy Scouts Camp:

North Korea wants to know your location

A little known fact: NASA's JPL lab was started by two college students burning dow their dorm making a rocket fuel. Instead of being expelled, they were hired to develop a space program.

Ahahaha classic kids building radioactive nuclear weapons in there parent’s backyard, Ohh you! 🤣

Chernobyl: we have a giant nuclear reactor that's about to explode David: *That's cute.*

It's sad that he became so depressed and ultimately alcoholic

He did all of this without internet.......

3 years younger girlfriend in high school! *FBI OPEN UP*

North Korea: WRITE THAT DOWN!

Johnny johnny Yes pa pa Building nuclear reactors No pa pa Telling lies? No papa Open the barn Ha ha ha

David. Why is NSA,FBI, and secret service at the door.

A remarkable kid with a brilliant mind that was crushed by society. If he was born in the 40's he would have been a nuclear scientist..

Me: “Mom!! I’m gonna build a nuclear rea-... I mean I’m gonna camp out in the backyard for a couple weeks”

“MOM PHINEAS IS BUILDING A NUCLEAR REACTOR IN YOUR SHED!” *dissapears bc of doof* Me: What ... the .... fu

5:54 wait what 15 year old kid can afford to buy thousands of lamps? Tf.

Pierre Curie had been exposed to lethal amounts of radioactivity in his research, but at the time know one knew the nature of his strange illness. However, he did not die of radiation poisoning. He died as a result of a traffic accident, when he was hit by a trolley.

give this guy the badge geez he deserves it.

Back in high school I had school friend who did all kinds of chemical experiments and he even built a working Tesla tower in his room, which I and two other school friends witnessed with our own eyes! Looking at the physics behind the Tesla transformer now is fairly comprehensible, but building one yourself with the limited resources you have as a 14 year old, that was quite impressive!

i dont have anything to do...lets make a nuclear reactor

Sad end to a budding super scientist.

When he says "While we cannot help you with a nuclear power plant" I am like, you told everything that is necessary to know.

I met him actually, sorry to hear he passed away. I randomly got a ride with him in a taxi from the airport when we were both stationed in Norfolk, on the USS Enterprise. I was a Nuclear Electrician at the time, ironically he was unable to get into the Navy Nuclear program, he was clearly a bright guy. We were both Eagle Scouts and he told me about the incident. He even showed me a newspaper clipping that mentioned the incident, which I probably wouldn't have believed him if he didn't have, having a pretty good handle on what is needed to make a nuclear reactor. For not being a Navy Nuke, he had a pretty good grasp on the science and physics involved. I don't think the idea of neighbors seeing a green glow is very realistic. He told me that he got caught after he had became concerned with the safety of the project and was attempting to dismantle it. He had already disposed of the majority of the nuclear material and was spotted loading a large number of tires that he had been using as radioactive shielding into his car and had the police were called to investigate. A lot of the other stuff he mentioned as well, such as collecting ore (which is common on the shores of the great lakes) to attempt to extract the U235/8 and roaming around with his geiger counter hoping to find radioactive material. He told me he hit the jackpot one day when his geiger counter spiked and it lead him to a old clock that had a vial of radium inside it, presumably to repaint the hands.

American Nuclear Uranium Society

Built a den in the woods it had 2 floors a carpet and 3 rooms

This is on the top 5 FBI watch-lists

And kids today are eating laundry detergents smh

"Nuclear reactors are not pieces of equipment you come across everyday" People living in Chernobyl: "You don't?"

Why do people think uranium glows green It doesn’t

I heard of him years ago, didn't know he died..... sad to hear he passed away, it would been a great honor​ to have been able to talk to him

Poor David... Rest in peace 😞

Later on* A high school student builds a compact fusion reactor to power his home

People like this are the people we should be nurturing. This kid had the motivation to do what he did and the intelligence to do it. The world lost a great mind because the people around him shunned him for what he was doing. His mom was a POS for telling him not to speak to guests. All that does is teaches kids to withdraw from society because they perceive it as "what i think is not important" or "no one cares what i think". He was psychologically murdered by his parents and peers through alcohol.

So the David was a genius he could have become a good scientist, the government should have helped him.

The boy scout that'll *end the world*

So, basically he was just like tony stark in the cave Making arc reactors from used things

I live next to a nuclear reactor so I see one every day, might explain why I have 47 arms

He build a nuclear reactor to get Eagle Scout status... that's some serious devotion to eagle scout hood. Wow 315 likes, didn't think this comment would blow up so fast :)

Them: you can't build a nuclear reactor! Him: hold my popsicle

Mom: What did you do today? Me: nothing.....

This kid is awesome and hilarious. I like him and his determination. RIP David

This kid is insane but he just want to build his own reactor and became a scientist, poor kid

You literally just told us how to extract the raw materials to make a nuclear reactor

The title sounds cool. I wanna do it now.

THAT KID WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN HIS BACKYARD, WITH THE BOX OF SCRAPS!!!

At least he got to be the inspiration for that popular Imagine Dragons song

*North Korea wants to know your location and educate you until you be the chief of nuke attacking.*

My Mom: why you dont want join the scout? You can learn much from it. The scout:

He be like "Mom im makin some plutonium and uranium

Tony Stark needs to go back to fighting Thanos

He will forever be remembered by the first 1000 people of skill share

Jerez this kid tried to build a nuclear reactor when I can barely operate my computer

"No u can't just make a nuclear reactor like that" Ha ha the reactor go brmmMMMM

Dont worry if you want this on your backyard, *Phineas and Ferb got ya back*

Chernobyl boy scouts

*_These are the type's of people who, when not brushed aside, make great headway in the field of science..R.I.P Radio active man. You'll always be remember by fans of, well, RADIOACTIVE-MAN.._*

I sure would've liked to meet David! When i was in highscool i wanted to do the same thing, but just didn't have enough knowledge or resources. David is someone who I'd love to have many conversations with, and shake his hand!

I expected David to be hired by some nuclear reactor development companies but I was bummed out. Also what the frick with those paranoid people in his school.

I have nothing on that David, but I blew the neighbor's car door off with a homemade RPG when I was 14. I built it out of my old 3 stage model rocket and some old 4 inch pvc pipe. I just loaded the final stage with a metal tube packed with a black powder, lamp oil, & crushed rocket motor fuel dry paste capped off by the half of a shotgun shell with powder and primer. A nail mounted through the nose cone struck the primer to detonate it. I bought the largest size rocket motors I could buy for the lower stages and the launch button taped to the pipe. I fired at a piece of plywood but it went ballistic and found a neighbor's Grand Am instead. It was the coolest and most painfully punished thing I have ever done.

The shed radiates with energy with the touch of productivity. It fills you with determination.

His story was so sad, he does all this research, gets the components, puts it together only to have it thrown away and buried!

Me: Googles how to harvest nuclear power but chill it's for school project. FBI: Nice save kid go ahead

Too bad the government didn't take him in and begin to teach him. He could have become a great scientist and asset. Instead they threw him aside after destroying what he saw as his whole life, leaving him depressed with no purpose in life. He was a gifted individual treated like a terrorist from those who were to ignorant and closed minded to see his genius. Point is, I am not surprised the government and local small town people treated him this way till he took his own life through alcohol.

The boy Scout could be the new Tony Stark

Everyone else when they try to describe a nuclear reactor: (science words) Me: campfires with extra steps

Ahh what a wasted potential, I was hoping that it ended up with government recruited him or something like that.

*dAd WhY iS iT gLoWiNg?*

Respect to him for the determination and persistence.

Was in my recommendation for a week finally watched this.

We had a possibly brilliant scientist in the making, yet he was harshly shut down. Shit happens too much.