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Old 06-03-2014, 10:06 AM #1
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Default Lancashire 13 year old Boy: Don't worry, Sir, it's only a nuclear reactor










[Don't worry, Sir, it's only a nuclear reactor: Boy of 13's record-breaking experiment in school science lab
Jamie Edwards' reactor was able to smash two hydrogen atoms together
This made him youngest person to create helium through nuclear fusion
Fusion took place in a controlled environment at his school in Lancashire
Head teacher Jim Hourigan said: ‘I was a little nervous when Jamie suggested this but he reassured me he wouldn’t blow the school up']


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