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Mother Nature Does Nuclear Power

wjwlsn writes "Back in the day (2 billion years ago), even before the time of iron men and wooden reactors, Mother Nature had mastered nuclear power. She built a passively safe system at Oklo that had fully automatic control and built-in waste containment, and operated it safely for about 150 million years. Now researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have deduced the operational characteristics by examining the isotopic composition of xenon contained in rock samples taken from the reactor site. More details at Eurekalert."

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  1. Will someone please do something by Rares+Marian · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    about the X is DYING jokes? Maybe we can get the Dept of Homeland Security to sue the writers on Kreskin's behalf (that would be trademark law correct?)

    On another note, I wish X would die.

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  2. Re:"Mother Nature"?! by aussie_a · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    However 2 wongs don't make a white though. That was a political campaign in Australia back in the day *shudder*