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A Swedish man who was arrested after trying to split atoms in his kitchen said Wednesday he was only doing it as a hobby, AP reports.

Richard Handl had the radioactive elements radium, americium and uranium in his apartment. The 31-year-old Handl said he had tried for months to set up a nuclear reactor at home and kept a blog about his experiments.

Only later did he realize it might not be legal and sent a question to Sweden's Radiation Authority, which answered by sending the police.

"I have always been interested in physics and chemistry," Handl said, adding he just wanted to "see if it's possible to split atoms at home." （點(diǎn)擊雅虎新聞網(wǎng)站查看原文）

男子家中分裂原子被捕

???????據(jù)美聯(lián)社報(bào)道，一位瑞典男子由于在自家廚房進(jìn)行原子分裂實(shí)驗(yàn)周三被捕，該男子稱他這么做完全是出于興趣愛(ài)好。

???????現(xiàn)年31歲的理查德·漢德家中存有放射性物質(zhì)鐳、镅和鈾。他說(shuō)他試圖在家里自己建一個(gè)核反應(yīng)堆，這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)已經(jīng)進(jìn)行了好幾個(gè)月了，并且他一直發(fā)博客更新自己的實(shí)驗(yàn)進(jìn)程。

???????之后他突然想到這樣做可能不合法，就打電話向瑞典輻射管理部門詢問(wèn)，結(jié)果警察就上門了。

???????漢德說(shuō)：“我一直對(duì)物理和化學(xué)感興趣，我只是想看看自己究竟能不能在家進(jìn)行原子裂變。”

(China.org.cn August 5, 2011)