12 Year Old Boy Builds Working Nuclear Reactor

12 Yr Old Boy Builds Nuclear Reactor And It Works

Jackson Oswalt from Memphis Tennessee, has just made history by becoming the youngest person to build a functioning nuclear fusion reactor in his bedroom.
#nuclear #bedroom #smartkid

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[Daniel-uwil]

And I’m here trying to put together a small LEGO

[aeea]

THE REACTOR IS MELTING DOWN! JACKSON! JACKSON! OH GOD HE CANT HEAR US HE HAS AIR PODS IN

[supersaiyan]

seem like she dosn't know the diference betwen a fusion reactor and a fision reactor, but the kid didn't notice, he has air pods in

[trashyy]

12 yo muslim kid makes clock
Teacher thinks its bomb
He gets arrested

[vAqeii]

I mean, the new generation is getting smarter by the year

[albasketball]

*builds a lego car*

“YEAH IM SMART”

*sees this*

....”uh”

[JeremyWS]

Well at least he didn't put it together using Legos. lol

[stxarryeyed]

And here I am, not being able to snap a plastic fork into place for instant noodles. 😂

[mmackeviciu]

Just to clarify some points about the video and the claim in general, since quite a lot of people in the comments section seem to not understand what the boy has built. Firstly, what he had created is a *fusion reactor*, not a fission reactor as some people claim. Also, the reactor works, since it achieves the goal of generating energy by fusing atoms. Deuterium gas was pumped into the chamber and 50kV of electricity was provided to give the right conditions for the reactor to fuse the atoms. So his reactor works! The problem is, just like most upscaled reactors, it produces a net loss of energy, meaning more energy goes it than comes out. I don't understand the claims of "the reactor not working" since it does indeed work. The science is fine and this is a remarkable achievement that requires a great deal of time and precision. As for the dangers of fusion reactors, they are very real, so for those claiming that no harm can be produced from one: a fusion reactor can produce an abundance of fast moving neutrons, which in itself is a very radioactive substance. The core of the reactor will have a much shorter half-life, but can be more radioactive than that of a fission reactor. Also the high temperatures (in the scales relative to the sun) and pressures, if not regulated properly (even though unlikely) could create very powerful blasts if something were to go wrong, for example, if the chamber isn't strong enough, a crack could let air in, and since the fuel is hydrogen (or an isotope) it could ignite very easily. This would result in a powerful explosion. This is actually what hydrogen bombs use, yes, they use fusion, not fission like atom bombs (pretty obvious from the name). But as I said this is very unlikely, what would most likely happen is a simple shut down, since the temperatures and pressures required to sustain a fusion reaction are enormous.

[whyyousmilingwhenyournexth]

Big deal i can build a working infinity gauntlet...i just don't want too😎

[MrsShrek-uqee]

I can't even put together a toy from a kinder surprise egg

[funkygooseworld]

when i was 12, all I've built was my self confidence. No biggie lol :p

[owenfitzgerald]

Oh no he doesnt know that he has a world record he has airpods in

[ektoras_fl]

Ok he made the reactor HE CANT RUN IT AND IT ISNT FUSION REACTOR HE JUST IONIZED AIR AND MADE PLASMA NOTHING UNUSUAL

[kimwasalreadytaken]

> Works with nuclear reactors
> Doesn't use a textbook but relies on trial and error

[splchicken]

Air pods that so he can't hear all the poor people

[lennonlink]

You don't have to worry about building a nuclear fusion reactor for the wrong reasons, when you're smashing atomic nuclei to fuse them, you're are having to actively force them together you are not breaking them apart(like fission), so, if the machine were to explode, it wouldn't actually make much besides break some gears, since the magnetic field that put the atoms in motion would cease to exist and them you would have just a puddle of deuterium that's is not reacting. Fission in other hand, break apart atomic nuclei creating a chain reaction that propagates atom to atom, breaking apart every atom in the solution, thus liberating a bunch of energy in each fission event.

[TheOrangVegetal]

I've heard the story about the kid who built a nuclear reactor. This kiddo built a NUCLEAR FUSION REACTOR which has been a kind of nuclear energy that is not even understood completely by scientists. Jesus christ give this kid a nobel prize NOW.

[amallee]

Fusor reactors can't be "built for the wrong reasons". They don't blow up or create large amounts of dangerous radioactivity.

They're good for learning and research. They don't produce net energy either. It takes more energy to run a fusor than the fusion reaction releases.

[jameswhitman]

Two points that I'm sure nobody will read. First there's no way to build a fusion bomb without first either knocking out a city block's worth of power in a device the size of a bus or creating a fission bomb to force the hydrogen to fuse. Secondly nuclear physics is a subject that is difficult to learn and expensive to get into building reactors. It's very impressive that he was able to build a working reactor on such a shoestring budget.