Oklo: Ancient African Nuclear Reactors

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zorg.ch #67600 by [z]Barbara Harris @ 21.02.2005 00:00 - nach oben - Oklo: Ancient African Nuclear Reactors Explanation: The remnants of nuclear reactors nearly two billion years old were found in the 1970s in Africa. These reactors are thought to have occurred naturally. No natural reactors exist today, as the relative density of fissile uranium has now decayed below that needed for a sustainable reaction. Pictured above is Fossil Reactor 15, located in Oklo, Gabon. Uranium oxide remains are visible as the yellowish rock. Oklo by-products are being used today to probe the stability of the fundamental constants over cosmological time-scales and to develop more effective means for disposing of human-manufactured nuclear waste. Credit & Copyright zorg.ch #67624 by milamber @ 21.02.2005 14:50 - nach oben - Zorgsche Höhlenexpedition... :-) zorg.ch #67625 by [WSC]Hindu21 @ 21.02.2005 15:00 - nach oben - isch scho lang her gsi... zorg.ch #67626 by milamber @ 21.02.2005 15:03 - nach oben - Wär enart mol was! Gäb eini bim Walensee.. zorg.ch #67639 by DaKine @ 21.02.2005 18:31 - nach oben - machsch mol en event uf. oder nöd?!?