6. A Two Billion Year Old Nuclear Reactor
Finally, the story of Oklo, a natural nuclear reactor in Gabon, captured the imaginations of many readers. It shows that nuclear reactions occurred naturally in uranium deposits in western Equatorial Africa, long before the first dinosaurs appeared. The IAEA article Meet Oklo: Earth’s Two-Billion-Year-Old Natural Reactor will tell you more.
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