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Ken Silverstein's The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor tells the true story of David Hahn, a Boy Scout from Michigan who, inspired by a chemistry book, attempted to build a nuclear reactor in his mother's backyard using scavenged radioactive materials, leading to dangerous radiation levels and a federal cleanup. The book includes references to a character experiencing a traumatic injury.