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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." （點擊雅虎新聞網站查看原文）

男子家中分裂原子被捕

???????據美聯社報道，一位瑞典男子由于在自家廚房進行原子分裂實驗周三被捕，該男子稱他這么做完全是出于興趣愛好。

???????現年31歲的理查德·漢德家中存有放射性物質鐳、镅和鈾。他說他試圖在家里自己建一個核反應堆，這個實驗已經進行了好幾個月了，并且他一直發博客更新自己的實驗進程。

???????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，結果警察就上門了。

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

(China.org.cn August 5, 2011)