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Natural Nuclear Reactors

Posted by michael on from the toasty dept.

bungeejumper writes "The Astronomy Picture of the day has a picture of a natural nuclear reactor discovered in an uranium ore mine in Africa. This link has much more detailed information on this subject. Does this tie in with this wacky story about a HUGE PLUTONIUM FAST BREEDER REACTOR at the centre of the earth ?"

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  1. The story is only 26 years old, a new record by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 5, Informative

    The story was originally covered in Scientific American, July 1976. It was a great read then and now. Highly recommended. There has also been talk about a second natural reactor (not in the center of the earth), but I can't put my finger on a source right now.

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  2. Discover Magazine by LudditeMind · · Score: 5, Informative

    Discover had an article on the reactor at center of planet.

    http://www.discover.com/aug_02/featplanet.html

  3. in Halliday's book (not modded yet, 0 karma) by Gamasta · · Score: 5, Informative

    Good and simple information can be found on page 1102 in 6th edition of Halliday's 'fundamentals of physics'.
    Oklo, located in the Republic of Gabon, was discovered about 30 years after the first artificial nuclear reactor was built by Fermi et al.

    This site also contains rich information.

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