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Ancient nuclear power controlled by water

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Geological reactors might hold lessons for today's nuclear plants.

Nuclear power was invented in Africa 2 billion years ago. Now scientists think they have figured out how geological processes conspired to create the equivalent of a 100-kilowatt nuclear plant that produced pulses of power every three hours for a period of about 150,000 years.

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  1. MeshikA. P., HohenbergC. M. & PravdivtsevaO. V. Phys. Rev. Lett., 93. 182302 (2004).

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