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Africa Subsaharan
Welcome to Congo's nuclear plant
2006-11-23
Long piece in the Guardian about the nuclear power plant in Kinshasa. Kinshasa? They had a nuclear power plant? Oh yes, and the story is every bit as farciful, tragic and outright stoopid as only Africa can be.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  Congo's Belgian rulers shut the Shinkolobwe uranium mine shortly before independence in 1960, flooding its shafts with water and capping them with concrete

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Stopped clock city.
Posted by: Shipman   2006-11-23 18:04  

#2  That's right Glenmore, though it was a couple of billion years ago when the ratio of U235 to U238 was higher.
Posted by: Spot   2006-11-23 11:29  

#1  Somewhere in that area - Gambia, maybe - there was a natural nuclear reactor. The uranium deposit was so rich that a chain reaction took place naturally.
Posted by: Glenmore   2006-11-23 09:58  

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