The wikipedia article on Wilson mentions that he has designed a small reactor using uranium and plutonium that is not weapons grade. It could be buried in the back yard and only needs refueling once every thirty years. It would produce about 50MW of power. He also has said he has designs for as small as a 2MW reactor, up to about 100MW.KC5AV wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:29 amBack in the 1990s, a young man by the name of David Hahn came very close to building a nuclear reactor in his mother’s garden shed. He might have succeeded had he not had a chance encounter with police. The EPA had to come in and clean the site up in 1995. He was known as the Radioactive Boy Scout.03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 6:03 pm Bawaaahahaha... a small nuclear reactor in his garage? Is that even possible for an average person to do? If it is, I think I want one for Christmas.
At age 14, Taylor Wilson (born in Texarkana, Arkansas) became the youngest ever to achieve nuclear fusion. That was in 2008.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Wilson
These guys might be a little bit above average, but it is certainly possible.
I love this idea, but I have to ask. Can we trust nuclear power designs from someone from Arkansas?