jueves, marzo 03, 2011

2 Billion-Year-Old Nuclear Reactor Fossil! [Photo]

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The remnants of nuclear reactors nearly two billion years old were found in the 1970s in Gabon, 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. 
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