Natural Nuclear Fission Reactor Uranium Oklo Mine Gabon Africa #historicaltidbits
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In 1972, miners sent uranium ore samples to Francis Perrin, who realized the ore contained an anomaly. Most uranium ore contains around 0.720% Uranium-235, but this sample had 0.717%., a minor, yet significant difference. Further investigation of the Oklo Mine in Gabon, Africa revealed evidence of fission products, like those that would come from a modern nuclear reactor. Amazed by the finding, they soon stumbled onto another scientists research, Paul Kuroda who in 1956 predicted that natural nuclear reactors might exist, given the right conditions to spark and sustain fission. As it turns out, roughly 2 billion years ago in the location that is now Gabon Africa, with higher concentrations of Uranium-235 and a supply of water to act as a moderator, fission was sustained for several hundred thousand years, producing roughly the equivalent of 100kw of thermal energy. Most of the uranium at the Oklo sites has now been mined away, but thanks to efforts of researchers in the late 1990s, at least one of the mines has been partially preserved for study.
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Check out part 2 for the full story (related video)! This was longer than 60 seconds, so I had to cut it in half.
In 1972, miners sent uranium ore samples to Francis Perrin, who realized the ore contained an anomaly. Most uranium ore contains around 0.720% Uranium-235, but this sample had 0.717%., a minor, yet significant difference. Further investigation of the Oklo Mine in Gabon, Africa revealed evidence of fission products, like those that would come from a modern nuclear reactor. Amazed by the finding, they soon stumbled onto another scientists research, Paul Kuroda who in 1956 predicted that natural nuclear reactors might exist, given the right conditions to spark and sustain fission.
As it turns out, roughly 2 billion years ago in the location that is now Gabon Africa, with higher concentrations of Uranium-235 and a supply of water to act as a moderator, fission was sustained for several hundred thousand years, producing roughly the equivalent of 100kw of thermal energy. Most of the uranium at the Oklo sites has now been mined away, but thanks to efforts of researchers in the late 1990s, at least one of the mines has been partially preserved for study.
so what is UR point ?
Ahhhh. Ancient alien radioactive….aliens.
it can form naturally, shut up.
how yes no
It had a stamp on it, โ2000,000,000 BCโ.
I mean BS
Human civilization could have been reset…..
This is so ignorant and been debunked like 10 million times
I just love how the claim to say it's 2 billion years old get wtfoh
that country is being robbed
Yellow cake uranium ? Lol
War
Is that why they sent some low level scientist to search for weeks in a Radioactive location. I donโt see a whole lot of life growing on top of this natural reactor.
Hit by a meteor with high consintration of radioactive elements
Smashing it into other radio active ore or just the energy on impact causin a reaction
Nearby they found several unpopped bags of microwave popcorn estimated to be over a billion years old. These appear to have appeared naturally. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen.
Remains of an ancient ancient nuclear war,
There has been greater civilizations on this planet than we even can imagine
2 billion years old? I donโt think so
Wow just threw out dates no proof nothing? In your face evolution?? Separation of Youtube and Evolution??
The "face" at the site can be found in all the ancient monoliths. I call him Eugene. He can be found everywhere,from rocks to the sky.๐ค If u know, u know.