Natural Nuclear Reactors

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 ?"

Comments

Re:RTFA

[Christopher Thomas]

The article said that the reactor explains why the poles flip every 200k years, not why they exist.

There are turbulence models that explain this too, without a concentrated core of uranium and thorium needing to be postulated.

See my post in the previous article for a more detailed critique.

Re:No it doesn't

[WeaponOfChoice]

I think it's interesting how long the story has persisted (and the many forms it has taken over the years). I remember reading (in one of those amusing crackpot pseudoscience books) about Oklo being proof that ET's had visited earth in eaons past (and presumably built primitive reactors to boot)...

funny world...