A 911 call Thursday led to a precautionary evacuation of an entire street in a Northwest Side neighborhood in Columbus over concerns about a possible small nuclear reactor and alpha waves reported by a resident who said he sustained burns in his garage on the device. In the end, authorities found no hazard. The man will undergo a mental-health examination and may face charges of inducing a panic. [More]
Sounds like he's not the only one who needs his head examined.
[Via Steve T]
The experimenter sounds like the only sane one. From the vague description and RF burns, I'll bet he had a baby cyclotron. Or possibly a fusor. Folks do make and play with both.
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