Unclear on the concept - a baby "nuke"
From
The Australian / AFP:
Kids' 'nuclear reactor' clears streets
Two six-year-old boys pretending to have built a mini nuclear power plant prompted German police and the fire brigade to clear their street, authorities said today.
The schoolchildren in the western town of Oelde had built the nuclear reactor mock-up out of a computer casing and taped a "radioactivity warning'' they had printed out from the Internet on its side.
"When the boys returned to their 'nuclear power plant' from a brief stop at home they were sent away again as the area and a wide radius around it had been cleared and blocked off,'' police said in a statement.
Residents were ordered not to leave their homes and firefighters tested for a radioactive leak.
The boys' parents thought the fire department was conducting a drill until they read about the operation online and what led to it.
They reported to the police station and explained their six-year-olds had not managed to build an actual nuclear reactor.
I can see the need for caution when dealing with something unknown but c'mon now -- a computer case? A non-radioactive computer case?
Posted by DaveH at June 23, 2009 12:09 PM