At first we were pretty skeptical of this home made fusion reactor instructable. However, we’ve seen home made fusion reactors before, so it is technically possible, we guess. The construction ...

A 12-year-old boy from Memphis, US, recently received an unexpected visit from the FBI after successfully building a nuclear fusion reactor in ... visited Jackson's home to inspect for radiation.

that one didn't last long because there wasn't enough uranium fuel available and the molten salt design wasn't any good for making plutonium, so Oppenheimer et al went for a graphite reactor ...

Jackson Oswalt, at the age of 12, achieved nuclear fusion in his home lab in Memphis ... Now the next part was assembling a reactor. He sought financial help from his parents to build one.

He said the reactor is “a cause for concern” because it can produce plutonium, along with highly enriched uranium. The South Korean Defense Ministry said Friday that Defense Minister Shin ...