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title: "There's geologic evidence that more than a dozen nuclear reactors…"
date: 2019-04-19
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# There's geologic evidence that more than a dozen nuclear reactors…

*April 19, 2019 · Facebook*

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[http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-wastes/radioactive-waste-management.aspx](http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-wastes/radioactive-waste-management.aspx){target="_blank"}
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There\'s geologic evidence that more than a dozen nuclear reactors formed naturally, and generated heat for about 500,000 years.\
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\"The most significant case occurred almost 2 billion years ago at Oklo, in what is now Gabon in West Africa, where several spontaneous nuclear reactors operated within a rich vein of uranium ore. (At that time the concentration of U-235 in all natural uranium was about 3%.) These natural nuclear reactors continued for about 500,000 years before dying away. They produced all the radionuclides found in HLW, including over 5 tonnes of fission products and 1.5 tonnes of plutonium, all of which remained at the site and eventually decayed into non-radioactive elements.\"\
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[http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-wastes/radioactive-waste-management.aspx](http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-wastes/radioactive-waste-management.aspx){target="_blank"}\
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[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-nuclear-reactor/](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-nuclear-reactor/){target="_blank"}
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