A primary school student in the United States spent $10,000 to buy materials online. In a year, he actually built a nuclear reactor with normal functions in his room a few days before his 13th birthday.

According to the British " Daily Mail " report on the 22nd, a primary school student in the United States spent $10,000 to buy materials online. In a year, he actually built a nuclear reactor with normal functions in his room a few days before his 13th birthday. He also became the youngest nuclear reactor manufacturer.

It is reported that the boy is from Memphis, USA, named Jackson Oswalter, and is now 14 years old. Two years ago, his father helped him customize vacuum cleaners, water pumps, air chambers and other things online, spending $10,000. Jackson has always been interested in physics and said that he was inspired by a talented teenager named Taylor Wilson . Once he accidentally saw Taylor, who was 14 years old at the time, relied on himself to build a nuclear reactor and became famous since then. So he decided to give it a try.

In addition to basic parts, he also modified the parts himself. "Later, I put together a list of the parts I needed. However, they didn't exactly meet my requirements. So, I had to modify them to make them the parts I needed." At that time, he often logged in an online forum for amateur physicists and used the platform to seek help, and finally successfully built a nuclear reactor.

The device invented by Jackson has enough energy to crush atomic nucleus , releasing energy trapped inside the atom in the process. However, he also admitted that the device absorbs more energy than it produces. The commercial feasibility of fusion as a source of electricity remains to be realized, Jackson said the flaw is "why he is not a billionaire."

According to Jackson's parents, they knew that their son had to rush this every day, and they knew very little about it. His father Chris said he supported his son on the project, but he had been asking experts to tell Jackson about the hazards of radiation and thousands of volts that he had to ensure his life was safe.

(Editor: Xu Siyi)