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A natural nuclear reactor

A nuclear fission reactor was operating on Earth at least two billion years ago. Mike Follows looks at the evidence it left behind

An abandoned uranium mine in Australia

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Analysis of uranium ore samples detected unusual abundances of isotopes. Calculations involving radioactive half-lives help to explain how a natural nuclear fission reactor could have accounted for the results.

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