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The neat detail (for me, anyway) is that a natural uranium reactor of this sort was possible in the distant past when U-235 was relatively more abundant: "When
by matthewmcg 12y ago
The neat detail (for me, anyway) is that a natural uranium reactor of this sort was possible in the distant past when U-235 was relatively more abundant:
"When the ore in Gabon was laid down some 2 billion years ago, the concentration of uranium-235 would have been about 4 per cent, more than enough for a self-sustaining nuclear reaction."
- iwwr 12y agoThere was a relatively short window for that to happen since uranium is soluble in water only in the presence of oxygen, and significant uranium deposits develop through hydrothermal processes.